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∂AIL Mr. Earnest Rubin↓540 S. Carlyn Spring Road↓Arlington, VA 22204∞

Dear Mr. Rubin:

My opinion is that present chess programming is not sufficiently advances
to make programs that honestly plan in the style of a particular master -
present or past.  Possibly a preference for closed or open positions could
be incorporated in the position evaluation function but this would only
be a step in the desired direction.  As long as chess programs must evaluate
tens and thousands of positions in order to decide on a move, they can't
be said to immitate human play even though they may perform well.

The best complete summary of computer chess is in the book %2Chess Skill in
Man and Machine%1 edited by Peter Frey.

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