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Open Chess Game Analyzer
… dut a terme per desenvolupar el projecte Open Chess Game Analyzer. La finalitat del mateix és desenvolupar un aplicatiu lliure que sigui capaç d'analitzar partides d'escacs a partir d'un fitxer PGN.
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Computational chunking in Chess
Adriaan de Groot, the Dutch psychologist and chess Master, argued that “perception and memory are more important differentiators of chess expertise than the ability to look ahead in selecting a chess move” (Groot 1978). A component of expertise in chess has been attributed to the expert having …
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THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ADAPTIVE CHESS GAME
… achievements of adaptive learning on computer chess game play are reviewed and adaptive learning mechanisms in computer chess game play is proposed. Adaptive learning is used to adapt the game’s difficulty level to the players’ skill levels. This adaptation is done using the player’s game …
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A chess playing program for the IBM 7090 computer
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, 1962.
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Evaluating knowledge transferability in chess endgames using deep neural networks
… are domains characterized by non-local features. Chess is as excellent example of such a domain since a square's locality can not be defined by the adjacent pixels alone. One needs to take into account that a single piece can traverse the whole board in a single move. We show that this method is …
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Co-ordinate squares : a solution to many chess pawn endgames
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1978
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Experimental Studies of Android APP Development for Smart Chess Board System
<p>Playing chess on a smart phone has gained popularity in the last few years, offering the convenience of correspondence play, automatic recording of a game, etc. Although a good number of players love playing chess on a tablet/smart phone, it doesn't come close to the experience of playing over …
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Mortality Prognostication in Long-Term Care Residents: The MDS-CHESS Scale
… study was to determine the accuracy of the MDS-CHESS scale (Hirdes, Frijters & Teare, 2003) in predicting 6-month mortality in a stable American nursing home (NH) population. A secondary aim was to determine any differences in mortality between the 2 sites. A sample of 191 residents of two NHs …
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Representation of Knowledge for Chess Endgames Towards a Self-Improving System
… knowledge within the task area of elementary Chess endgames. Two major criteria are taken for the choice of a model of & the chessplayer's knowledge : firstly, that algorithms constructed using the model should be natural from the viewpoint of a chessplayer and commensurate with his, view of …
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Politics, chess, hats: the microhistory of disunion in Charleston, South Carolina
… and accountants, volunteer firemen, chess club members, looking to stand tall with their fellows and get a leg up in the world. Too late they learned that bold promises, saber rattling, and street theater could not easily be disavowed. The consequence was disaster.
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Design, implementation, and evaluation of a social learning network for Chess
… the inspiration and insight from international chess Grandmaster Maurice Ashley, who is also an experienced and successful chess coach, this thesis examines the question in the context of chess. Two of GM Ashley's acclaimed chess skill builders, Pawn Mower and Chess- Maze are digitally …
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Subway Shuffle, 1 × 1 Rush Hour, and Cooperative Chess Puzzles: Computational Complexity of Puzzles
… cars. We show that two classes of cooperative Chess puzzles, helpmates and retrograde Chess, are also PSPACE-complete by reductions from Oriented Subway Shuffle.
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Her Playing Eye: Courtesans at Chess in the Book of Games (c. 1283/84)
… medieval educational codex the Book of Games: Chess, Dice, and Tables (Libro de los Juegos) completed in Seville in 1283, there is more than what meets the eye. Featuring some hundred chess problems, another hundred board and dice games, each accompanied by miniatures depicting games at play, …
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Mind over machine : what Deep Blue taught us about chess, artificial intelligence, and the human spirit
On May 11th 1997, the world watched as IBM's chess-playing computer Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a six-game match. The reverberations of that contest touched people, and computers, around the world. At the time, it was difficult to assess the historical significance of …
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The Game Of Chess: A Conduit To Increase Student Academic Achievement In Pinellas County: A Policy Advocacy Document
<p>The research about chess and education is very compelling. The usefulness of chess as an educational activity is particularly valid among children whose minds are entering the cognitive phase of abstract thinking. However, chess is useful among all age groups. Chess has been shown to improve …
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Combinatorial Problems on the Chessboard
Positional chess problems concern the placement of chess pieces, on a given board, that satisfy certain criteria. Classic examples are the independence and domination problems. The former asks for a maximal placement of a given chess piece such that no piece in the placement can move to the …
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Análisis observacional de los movimientos ilegales y erróneos en la iniciación al ajedrez
… approach, this thesis analyses error in chess, conceived as an inherent aspect of the learning process. Errors are manifested both through illegal moves, which reflect an incomplete understanding of the rules, and through erroneous moves, associated with a lack of comprehension of the …
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Biotechnological applications of UV-B radiation in agri-food crops from La Rioja: grapes and mushrooms as models of quality and sustainability
… approach, this thesis analyses error in chess, conceived as an inherent aspect of the learning process. Errors are manifested both through illegal moves, which reflect an incomplete understanding of the rules, and through erroneous moves, associated with a lack of comprehension of the …
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Fast bug finding in lock-free data structures with CB-DPOR
… data structures. CB-DPOR is a combination of the CHESS and DPOR model checking algorithms. CB-DPOR performs similar to the concurrently developed preemption-bounded BPOR algorithm. CODEX is a tool for finding bugs in lock-free data structures. CODEX implements CBDPOR and this thesis demonstrates …
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MONTE CARLO TREE SEARCH AND MINIMAX COMBINATION – APPLICATION OF SOLVING PROBLEMS IN THE GAME OF GO
… pruning still surpasses MCTS in domains like Chess. Studies show that MCTS does not detect shallow traps, where opponents can win within a few moves, as well as minimax search. Thus, minimax search performs better than MCTS in games like Chess, which can end instantly (king is captured). A …
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