The history of BLITZ/CRAY-BLITZ/CRAFTY

摘要

This article is a series of anecdotes about the development of several programs that advanced the state of the art in computer chess. The best known is CRAY BLITZ, which won the 1983 and 1986 World Computer Chess Championships. However, in terms of overall impact, perhaps CRAFTY is the most important. As a high-performing open-source program, it has been used by countless number of researchers and hobbyists to develop computer chess programs for competitions, research, and for fun.