265 ;;Quote: want to represent chess as numbers and operations on numbers, and to reduce strategy to a sequence of computer orders

265+;;Quote: a computer program must be written in words of one microsyllable

268 ;;Quote: play chess by maximizing and minimizing the value of the current position; computed by adding terms for such properties as doubled pawns

270 ;;Quote: a chess program needs functions to determine stable positions (no pieces en prise) and potentially useful moves

270+;;Quote: a chess program should play a fairly strong game, at speeds comparable to humans

271 ;;Quote: computers have high-speed calculations and freedom from errors, laziness and nerves; humans have flexibility, imagination, induction and learning

272 ;;Quote: can use statistical variations during the chess opening and can play by the book, like masters

272 ;;Quote: a program could learn if a higher-level program changed its evaluation functions according to the results of games played

272+;;Quote: a program could randomly vary its evaluation function and select those variations that perform best