Chess Compositions and Computers

Computers Play Chess, Computers Play Go...Humans Play Dungeons & Dragons

Computers in chess - solving inexact search problems

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Computers Play Chess; Humans Play Go

ChESS - Quick and robust detection of chess-board features

Localization of chess-board vertices is a common task in computer vision, underpinning many applications, but relatively little work focusses on designing a specific feature detector that is fast, accurate and robust. In this paper the “Chess-board Extraction by Subtraction and Summation” (ChESS) feature detector, designed to exclusively respond to chess-board vertices, is presented. The method...

Chess, Chance and Conspiracy

Chess and chance are seemingly strange bedfellows. Luck and/or randomness have no apparent role in move selection when the game is played at the highest levels. However, when competition is at the ultimate level, that of the World Chess Championship (WCC), chess and conspiracy are not strange bedfellows, there being a long and colorful history of accusations levied between participants. One suc...