Computer chess and games

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Computer chess and games

description initially a trade journal, later an online magazine
Area of ​​Expertise Computer chess
language German
First edition 1983
Frequency of publication until the end of 2004: every two months
since then: irregularly
Editor-in-chief Dieter Steinwender
editor Steinwender
EDV-Beratung 22761 Hamburg
Web link www.computerschach.de
ISSN 0176-2400

Computer chess and games (abbreviation: CSS ) was a specialist journal that dealt with computer chess programs , chess computers and, in the broadest sense, with computer chess . Since 2005, CSS has existed in a modified form as the online magazine “CSS Online”.

history

The magazine was founded by Frederic Friedel (later co-founder of the ChessBase company in Hamburg) and Dieter Steinwender as a club "magazine of the first computer chess club in the Federal Republic" and was first published in early 1983 under the title "Computer Chess International". Since then, the publication has been bimonthly. At the beginning of 1984 the name was changed to "Computer Chess & Games" before it was given its final form "Computer Chess and Games" in mid-1986 with issue 4/1986. Since 1986, the SSDF ranking list has also been published in CSS, which has been the authoritative reference for the relative playing strength of computers for decades on the basis of the Elo numbers .

The last paper edition finally appeared at the end of 2004. At the next turn of the year, the magazine was switched to an online version. The number of online editions has continuously decreased since then. The last editions so far were two half-yearly editions of 2008.

The volumes of the journal 1983 to 2000 were completely digitized a few years ago and are available as a DVD chronicle of computer chess .

subjects

Like the traditional series of magazines since 1983, whose high quality has also benefited from a number of international employees such as Ken Thompson , David Levy , John Nunn and Christian Donninger over the past decades, the online magazine deals with all aspects of computer chess.

Important topics are chess computers, computer chess programs, computer chess tournaments, in particular the microcomputer chess world championship (WMCCC) and the chess computer world championship (WCCC), comparison of people against computers , as objective an assessment of the strengths as possible, explanations of program structures, strengths and weaknesses in the different game phases, such as opening , middle game and endgame , opening and endgame databases , auxiliary programs, for example for evaluating tournaments, and so on. CSS also publishes a ranking list (see web links ) which, similar to the aforementioned SSDF list, indicates the skill level of chess programs.

In addition to chess, the magazine is also interested in other board games such as backgammon , checkers , go and mill - as the title suggests .

literature

  • Dieter Steinwender, Frederic A. Friedel: Chess on the PC . Markt & Technik, Buch- und Software-Verlag GmbH, Haar near Munich, 1995, ISBN 3-87791-522-1 .

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ CSS Online. Accessed June 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ First online edition 01/2005 ( Memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ). Retrieved July 30, 2008.