Planning a Strategy in Chess

J van Reek; JWHM Uiterwijk; HJ van den Herik

doi:10.3233/ICG-1998-21305

Planning a Strategy in Chess

J van Reek, JWHM Uiterwijk, HJ van den Herik

Networks and Strategic Optimization

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Abstract

Planning plays a major role in chess. The range of planning may be short, medium, or long. Short-term planning is dominated by tactics; medium-range planning is usually identified with positional play, and long-term planning is assumed to require human interpretation for the recognition of strategic patterns. In this note we investigate the differences among the three types of planning. We have tested three programs (CRAFTY, M-CHESS 6, and M-CHESS 7) on a set of 24 positions. M-CHESS 7 scores faultlessly for tactics and positional play, and 73 percent for strategy. If the hardware and software are further improved, the computer analysis will become sovereign in long-term planning too.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	183-192
Journal	ICCA Journal
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/ICG-1998-21305
Publication status	Published - Sept 1998

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