Andy Walker

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Andy Walker [1] Andrew N. (Andy) Walker,

a British mathematician and computer scientist, affiliated with the School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham [2], with research interests in game theory and as a chess player [3], in computer chess. He published in the ICGA Journal on search algorithms to solve certain chess problems - in particular helpmates and series-helpmates [4], and on search heuristics in the KQKR endgame [5], lectured at two Advances in Computer Chess conferences, and is author of the didactic chess program NotChess, written in C and originated as a simple program to help teach university students taking a game theory course [6] [7].

Selected Publications#

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• Andrew N. Walker (1984). Uniqueness in Game Trees. ICCA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 4
• Andrew N. Walker (1989). Interactive Solution of King and Pawn Endings. Advances in Computer Chess 5
• Andrew N. Walker (1996). Hybrid Heuristic Search. ICCA Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1
• S. D. Milner, Andrew N. Walker (1997). Heuristics and Loops in KQKR. Advances in Computer Chess 8

Forum Posts#

• Re: Computer Chess (LONG) by Andy Walker, rgc, September 16, 1993
• New(?) search idea by Andrew Walker, CCC, January 21, 1998
• Re: Whatever happened to Neural Network Chess programs? by Andy Walker, rgcc, March 28, 2000 » Advances in Computer Chess 1, Ron Atkin

External Links#

• Dr A. N. Walker’s Home Page ( Wayback Machine)
• G13GAM – Game Theory – computer chess notes by Andy Walker ( Wayback Machine)
• The chess games of Andrew N Walker from chessgames.com
• Nottinghamshire Chess Association - Home

References#

1. ↑ Dr A. N. Walker’s Home Page ( Wayback Machine)
2. ↑ History - The University of Nottingham
3. ↑ Nottinghamshire Chess Association - Home
4. ↑ Andrew N. Walker (1984). Uniqueness in Game Trees. ICCA Journal, Vol. 7, No. 4
5. ↑ Andrew N. Walker (1996). Hybrid Heuristic Search. ICCA Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1
6. ↑ Don Beal (1993). Report on the QMW 1993 Uniform-Platform Computer Chess Championship. ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3
7. ↑ QMW computer chess by Don Beal, rgc, August 19, 1993
8. ↑ ICGA Reference Database

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