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From: xawemmer@cs.ruu.nl (Xander Wemmers)
Subject: Alekhine Memorial (Moscow)
Summary: Results round 2&3
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 13:33:33 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science


			* ALEKHINE MEMORIAL *

In Moscow the following games are played in the round 2 and 3:
(Does anyone have the results of round one?)

Round 2:

Jan Timman		-   Artur Yusupov	1/2
Boris Gelfand		-   Anatoli Karpov	1-0
Viswanathan Anand	-   Gata Kamsky		1-0
Valery Salov		-   Alexey Shirov	1/2

Round 3:

Artur Yusupov		-   Boris Gelfand	1/2
Alexey Sjirov		-   Jan Timman		1/2
Gata Kamsky		-   Valery Salov	1/2
Anatoli Karpov		-   Viswanathan Anand	0-1

Obviously Karpov is not is doing very well (maybe Fischer-fever?)

1. Boris Gelfand	2.5
2. Viswanathan Anand	2
3. Gata Kamsky		1.5
   Valery Salov
   Artur Yusupov
6. Anatoli Karpov	1
   Jan Timman		
   Alexey Sjirov
From: cracraft@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Stuart Cracraft)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Distributed chess playing program?
Date: 21 Nov 1992 23:23:19 GMT
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
NNTP-Posting-Host: rice-chex.ai.mit.edu
Keywords: gnuchess, distributed

In article <1992Nov18.135404.6683@cs.cornell.edu> chandra@cs.cornell.edu (Tushar D Chandra) writes:
>
>Hi!
>
>I was wondering if someone has a distributed chess playing program that can
>work on general purpose machines. For example, does someone have a program
>that generates all board positions (to depth 1 or 2 depending on the number of
>machines available) and gives one position to each machine to analyse. Each
>machine returns a "score" to the "root" machine which selects the move with the
>best score. Seems to me that we should be able to get 1 or even 2 extra plys
>this way.
>
>Looking at the gnuchess code, I believe a quick and dirty implementation
>shouldn't take too long.
>
>Cheers
>
>-Tushar Chandra
>chandra@cs.cornell.edu

Probably it is better to use Principal Variation Split tree searching.
This has been exhaustively analyzed by T. Marsland at U. of Alberta,
Canada. 

Don't give individual positions to the processors. They should be used
as a pool. The pool should always concentrate on solving the prinicpal
variation first as this will provide many cutoffs that speed the search
for other less critical variations.

Ranges of aspiration window, individual positions, move lists, all
have been tried and I don't think they are as good as what R. Hyatt
does and that is the concentration of all processors on that PV. I 
believe he gained nearly full use of all machines due to tight 
communication code between the Cray processors. Perhaps he will 
comment.

As for whether to use GNU as a base for parallel work, give it a try.
It has already been parallelized elsewhere but the parallelized version
is not generally applicable, for example, to a group of SUN workstations.

Besides, do you really want to crunch chess on a hundred workstations
ala J. Schaeffer & the Sun corporate machine experiment? Anyway, if
you parallelize a program for SUN hosts, use something a little more
efficient than Berkeley job control which is what first springs to
mind. RPC maybe would be an idea. I don't know. Perhaps Dr. Schaeffer
will comment on what Phoenix (Minix?) used for its communication method.

--Stuart
.
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: qazqaz@Muir.Stanford.EDU (Mike Perkins)
Subject: gnufour on ICS
Originator: qazqaz@Muir.Stanford.EDU
Organization: Ye Olde Pawn Shoppe
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 01:04:48 GMT


I know the gnuchesses on ICS get experimented on, but how does something like
this happen?

gnufour-me, blitz(2-12): 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 e6 5.de6 fe6 6.cb5 a6
   7.Nc3 d5 8.Qa4 Bd7 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.e4 Be7 11.Nf3 o-o 12.ed5 ed5 13.Nxd5 Qxb2
   14.Nxe7+ Kh8 15.Ng6+ hg6 16.Qg4?? etc. 0 - 1

I was playing a quick and dirty unregistered game, as always, and should have
lost after 16.Qh4+ and 17.Bc4+, but instead gnufour gave me a queen and rook
and quickly lost. If this is an experiment on the 1557-ICS-rated machine,
then Dr. Frankenstein must be in charge.
From: rmg10@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Greetings From Ireland
Date: 22 Nov 92 10:46:42 GMT
Reply-To: rmg10@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com ()
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

This is just a test.
Richard.
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: alacron!ai386u!adb@uunet.UU.NET (Alan David Brunelle)
Subject: Fischer Bashing / Deifying(sp?)
Organization: Chessnews list (chessnews-request@tssi.com)
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 13:58:00 GMT



[... as he steps out of his flame protective gear ...]

C'mon you guys: If any other GM X in the world were to beat GM Spassky
+10 -5 =15 would you all be clamoring for a World Championship Match
with Kasparov? (Or, perhaps, more accurately put: "clamoring for a
World Championship Match between GM X and World Champion Fischer"?)

As to GM Benjamin's comments, he has every right to write them, and to
publish them. To have a differing opinion is fine, but to attack him
(Benjamin) and his fellow GM's as being "un-humorous" is downright stupid,
er, I mean naive.

IMnsHO, I believe that it would be great if Fischer regained his former
strength, and would create great masterpieces of chess art as in the
past. However, I would equally love to see Spassky regain his form of
the late '60s and create great masterpieces. (Most of all, I would love
to see Tal alive and playing as he did way back in the late 50's...) 
The chances of any of these happening is practically nil - except if you 
read the _Enquirer_, in which case, I believe there have been some 
sightings of Tal in Iowa recently...

So get out of your damn "way back machines", and live in the present! Fischer
is nothing more then a former great player. He has the potential to regain
that form, but the fact of the matter is: defeating a 100th (or so) ranked
GM by 5 points in a 30 game match just indicates that he is somewhat better
then that particular 100th (or so) ranked GM. 

And the saddest part is this: over the many years of reading r.g.c, I have
noticed that attacks of a personal nature were very rare. Lately it seems
that a great many of the messages being posted are of two types: either 
attacking someone, or defending someone. Where is the CHESS? Where are the
COMPUTER CHESS postings? 

[... and he steps back into his flame protective gear ...]

And so, not to be hypocritical: 	White (adb)	Black Fidelity 2150

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+	(after 1. ... a7-a5)
|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 	2. bxa5 Rxc5; 3. a6 Rc1+; 4. Kg2 Rcc2;
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+	5. Qxc2! Rxc2 
|   |   | p |   |   | p | p |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   | p |   | p |   | k | p |		and white wins!
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| p | r | P |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| Q | P |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| P |   |   |   | P |   | P |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   | r |   | P |   | P |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   |   |   |   |   |   | K |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

--- 

Please excuse any spelling and/or grammatical mistakes, you see I was educated
in the USA, and both of my degress are of a technical nature.

---
			Alan D. Brunelle

Alan D. Brunelle, M.Sc.
Principal Software Engineer
ALACRON, Inc.
71 Spitbrook Road, Suite 204
Nashua, NH 03060
Phone: (603) 891-2750		FAX: (603) 891-2745

adb@alacron.com

Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: amb@cs.columbia.edu (andrew m. boardman)
Subject: ICS Servers
Organization: Slug Hordes of the Planet Gamma
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 06:53:27 GMT

>I haven't played in a while and the old ics address that i have does not
>seem to work .  What is the address for ics at this time.  Rpley to the
>below address please.

Speaking of which, is valkyries the only server around now?  In the past,
I've had eve.assumption.edu, parsifal.ukmc.edu, and lark.utah.edu as well...

andrew
amb@cs.columbia.edu
ICS::Octopovich
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: cerulean@access.digex.com (Bill Christens-Barry)
Subject: Where are IMMOPAR games on net?
Summary: Can't find IMMOPAR games, please post
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, Maryland USA
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 17:28:52 GMT

If anyone out there has the games from the recent IMMOPAR tourney, please
post them to the net for the legions who are hungrily awaiting them.  Thanks..
From: amirishs@acf9.nyu.edu (shaahin amiri sharifi)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Chess Server!
Summary: Chess Server!
Date: 21 Nov 92 02:40:18 GMT
Organization: New York University

Hi!
I'm looking for a CHESS SERVER! Does anybody have any information?
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: sloan@cis.uab.edu (Kenneth Sloan)
Subject: Re: Illegal moves during Tournament
Organization: CIS, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:08:36 GMT

In article <1992Nov23.155456.3990@chemeng.ed.ac.uk> steven@Chemeng.Ed.Ac.Uk writes:
>This is partly missing the point. The FIDE rules _do_ state that mate
>immediately 
>ends the game, but they assume that there is one arbiter present per
>game! 

Correct.  But, this thread was originally about USCF play, where there
are almost never enough TD's to cover all boards.  Somehow, the USCF
aspect got lost in the shuffle.

FIDE rules can afford to be a bit more relaxed, because there is always
an arbiter handy.  USCF play (and probably other national- and
club-level play) is more difficult to regulate, because you must assume
that a TD is *not* present to see for himself what happened, and in what
order. 

You, Bob, and I seem to agree that the clock should rule. 

I think that there are a few tricky loopholes that might have to be
accepted - but I think that these should all be rethought, starting from
the presumption that a fallen flag has precedence over all other
evidence.

For example - if the side with time still remaining has only a bare K -
should the game be a win, or a draw?  (my opinion...draw)

For example - if the game is "clearly drawn" (my opinion...the positions
which are "clearly drawn" must be very carefully described.  When in
doubt, you lose.  My basic rule: if the TD has to *analyze* the
position, then it is not *clearly* drawn - what is clear to a GM is not
clear to an E player.)

For example - if the side with the fallen flag can demonstrate an
absolutely forced mate? (my opinion...he should still lose, on the
grounds that determining the forced mate, or even the extent to which
the mate is forced, puts too much of a burden on the TD.  It is (on
balance) better for the rule to be "execute the mate before your flag
falls, or die".)
-- 
Kenneth Sloan                   Computer and Information Sciences
sloan@cis.uab.edu               University of Alabama at Birmingham
(205) 934-2213                  115A Campbell Hall, UAB Station 
(205) 934-5473 FAX              Birmingham, AL 35294-1170
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: edd@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (ed.knowles)
Subject: Re: Fischer's strength
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 16:02:48 GMT
Summary: 1972 match wasn't as bad as 1992

In article <BxoDBq.F56@math.uwaterloo.ca>, alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz) writes:
> In article <1992Nov12.193205.13617@stsci.edu>, henry@stsci.edu (Ron Henry)
> writes:
> > 
> >  I can see the same critics
> > ridiculing the play in the 1972 match, which was widely acclaimed to be
> > one
> > of the highest-quality and most exciting of all time.
> 
> I don't know where do you get this from. But it is widely believed that 
> Sapssky was not playing at his best due to the pressure coming from
> Fischer and the russian camp. (Not that It owuld have made that much
> of a difference in the match). 
> 
> 
> Alex
> 
> -- 
> Alex Lopez-Ortiz                              alopez-o@maytag.UWaterloo.ca
> Department of Computer Science                      University of Waterloo
> Waterloo, Ontario                                                   Canada

The first half of the 1972 match wasn't very impressive -- Spassky was out of
form, and Fischer at times played too quickly, overconfidently, or sometimes
nervously. Fischer played okay and Spassky played badly (the first half of
this match was similar to Karpov-Korchnoi in Merano). In the second half of
the match, though, Spassky found his form and Fischer was on the defensive
most of the time. Thus, the second half of the match was of much higher quality.
. There were some theoretically interesting games (for the time), which one
would expect of a world championship match. In any case, I think it was of a
much higher quality than Fischer-Spassky II, but it wasn't as good as the
later Kasparov-Karpov battles.
From: corleyj@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Jason D Corley )
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Living Chess
Date: 18 Nov 92 18:46:04 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

In article <1992Nov18.083757.23479@uxmail.ust.hk> schmidt@uxmail.ust.hk (DR. ROY SCHMIDT) writes:
>In article <1992Nov17.175806.26328@njitgw.njit.edu> jpk2581@hertz.njit.edu (joseph p kisenwether apmt stnt) writes:
>>
>>Suppose you're playing a game of living chess where when a peice
>>moves on to the same square as an enemy peice, in stead of 
>>capturing that peice, the two people hold some contest (say
>>a fight to the death) to see who holds the square. You lose
>>when you're king is beaten in such a contest.
>>
>>How do your tactics change? How would the opening differ?
>>If you could rank your team from best to worst fighter, 
>>who would play what peice?
>
>This is the philosophy behind the design of strategy games such as the
>ones made by Avalon Hill (Tactics II, Gettysburg, etc.).  The contest is
>decided based on the relative strength of the pieces contesting for the
>area of the board on which they are located and a roll of the die to
>simulate chance factors.

This is also the idea behind a rather interesting classic (read
anachronistic) computer game called Archon.  A friend of mine
was EXTREMELY good at the combat end of the gamme (when two
pieces moved onto the same square, the screen expanded to show
the melee), but he kept forgetting that there were 2 ways to win:
you could eradicate the opponents army (or just the wizard), or you
could strategically put your pieces on crucial squares.  Having
played chess greatly helped me get some "cheap" (his words) wins
off of him. >:-)
	I recommend the game highly to anyone who can find a working
copy of it.
	Jason
From: cracraft@wheat-chex.ai.mit.edu (Stuart Cracraft)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Sparkey vs. Tinkerbelle
Date: 22 Nov 1992 15:42:39 GMT
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: wheat-chex.ai.mit.edu

My new searcher just played its first real game against the only
available opponent. The opponent is Tinkerbelle, Ken's chess program in
/usr/games/chess.  For the encounter, Tinkerbelle was able to use its
trappy book. Tinkerbelle does not seem to have a level setting.
Sparkey averaged about 5-15 seconds per move. Each ran on a dedicated Sparc-1.

I don't know much theory and analysis about chess moves but my eye for
a pretty move is as good as the next guy's.

	--Stuart

White: Sparkey
Black: Tinkerbelle
Date: 11/21/92
1. d2d4
1. ... d7d5
2. g1f3
2. ... g8f6
3. b1c3
3. ... f6e4
(Violating a principal of moving a piece twice in the opening.
 My code knows nothing of this principal.)
4. c1g5
4. ... e4g5
5. f3g5
5. ... e7e6
(Blocking the Black Queen bishop but gaining a tempo.)
6. d1d2
6. ... f8e7
(Gaining another tempo with the developing move.)
7. f2f4
7. ... c8d7
(Preserving the option of playing c5 later.)
8. o-o-o
8. ... o-o
9. e2e4
9. ... e7g5
10. f4g5
10. ... d5e4
11. c3e4
11. ... d7c6
(Gaining a tempo but robbing a natural development square for the QN.)
12. d1e1
12. ... c6e4
(Perhaps relieving the tension too soon but removing the well-placed
 center knight.)
13. e1e4
13. ... d8d5
(Another gain of tempo for a developing move.)
14. d2f4?
14. ... d5a2
15. c1d2
15. ... f8c8
16. b2b3
16. ... a2a5
(A few too many queen moves seemingly. There does appear to be a plan.)
17. d2d1
17. ... c8d8
18. f1d3
18. ... b8c6
19. d1e2
19. ... d8d5
20. g5g6
(The simple h4 should suffice.)
20. ... f7g6
21. d3c4
21. ... a5c3!!
(A strange move. Seemingly a bad oversight at first.)
22. c4d5
22. ... e6d5
23. e4e3
23. ... c3c2
24. e2f3
24. ... a8f8
25. f3g3
25. ... f8f4
26. g3f4
26. ... c2f2
27. e3f3
27. ... g6g5!
28. f4f5
28. ... c6d4
29. f5e5
29. ... d4f3
30. g2f3
30. ... f2f3!
31. h1e1
(all moves such as Ra1, Rb1, Rc1, Rd1, Re1, Rf1, Rg1 fail
 due to various combinations of forks by the Queen!)
31. ... f3c3
32. e5e6
32. ... c3e1
(There does not seem to be much counterplay left.)
0-1
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: mzabel@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mark A Zabel)
Subject: Re: Fischer-Polgar NOT (yet)
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:53:31 GMT

>>>Could it be that the negotiations broke down because Fischer required that
>>>Judith play nude?   :-)
>>
>>I find this sexist and degrading to women in general and Judit in particular.
     ...etc.
>
>You know, ***, I thought ****'s comment was highly humorous. Fischer
>and Polgar would have probably laughed outrageously at it.
     ...etc.


Can we stop this?  It's getting rather silly now.
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: "lisa powell" <lisa.powell@canrem.com>
Subject: latvian
Reply-To: "lisa powell" <lisa.powell@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: rec
Date: 20 Nov 92 09:23:40 EST

Jeff: Are you on CRS?

Lisa Powell . EchoNet Chess Conference Moderator
   
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Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: rryan@panix.com (Rob Ryan)
Subject: Re: chess scholarships
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 14:27:15 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Panix, NYC

According to New In Chess (NIC, 1992, #5, p.42), Rhode Island College is the
only school in the US to offer chess scholarships.  Is this true?

















-- 
 Rob Ryan
    Internet:   rryan@panix.com or Robert_Ryan@brown.edu
    Bitnet:     ROBR@BROWNVM
    Compu$erve: 70324.227@compuserve.com
From: breitweg@phys.ksu.edu (hates Dirac notation)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Anybody want to play?
Date: 15 Nov 92 17:17:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: moe.1e60o0INNb9e
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: bohr.phys.ksu.edu

Hi All,

Does anybody out there want to play two games of chees (one with black and
one with white)?  I have not played in a while but my USCF rating is about
1550.  So I would like to play somebody of this strength or higher.

So if anybody wants to play my first move is 1.d4.  Respond to me with your
answer and your first move as white and away we go.  Note the address below
that is the one that i prefer you use.  Hope to hear from somebody.

Sincerely,
Jason Breitweg
jbreitwe@polar.bowdoin.edu

--
breitweg@phys.ksu.edu
From: hau4@ellis.uchicago.edu (sven  hauptfeld)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: King's Indian question
Date: 19 Nov 92 00:34:07 GMT
Article-I.D.: midway.1992Nov19.003407.26775
Reply-To: hau4@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations

In article <1eekb1INNg01@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> @prism.cs.orst.edu writes:
>In article <1992Nov18.133620.3113@dxcern.cern.ch> marino@dxcern.cern.ch (Massimo Marino) writes:
>>Hi, I got through this variation of K's I defense on a book reporting it
>>as 4-pawns attack:
>>
>>1. d4 Nf6; 2. c4 g6; 3. Nc3 Bg7; 4. e4 d6; 5. f4 0-0; 6. Nf3 c5!;
>>7. d5 e6; 8. Bd3 exd5; 9. cxd5 Qb6!
>
>	This is just from memory, but I think in my mco by walter
>korn, it has the same moves up to 6, but it says in a little note,
>6. Nf3 c5? instead of !.  What's the real deal?
>-Michael Nyman

"?" must be a typo, but "!" is exaggerated. 6..c5 is probably the only move
that doesn't leave black at permanent disadvantage. 8 Bd3 is bad, though: if
now 10 0-0?? then 10..c4+ -+. Thus 8 Be2 is usual. Perhaps white would have
done better with 9 exd5, but then the misplacement of the bishop enables 
9..Re8+ and white loses a tempo, which is too valuable in such a sharp
position.

	Sven

P.S. You are advised to check if the moves in my analysis are legal. There's
no board around here.
Date: Sunday, 22 Nov 1992 14:47:47 EST
From: <RVESTERM@vma.cc.nd.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: This Bob Guy speaks on F-S II and GM Joel Trembles
Distribution: rec.games.chess

ah, those double negatives, again.  make that, "do you care to deny
that fischer WAS (not was not) messed up?"

bob vesterman.
From: jpk2581@hertz.njit.edu (joseph p kisenwether apmt stnt)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: Living Chess
Date: 18 Nov 92 22:20:20 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

I like the dice idea, you could use say a d4 for your worst
fighters up to a d20 for your best. We need to find some way
to simulate fatigue in one fighter thats been doing all the 
work though. Any ideas?
From: davis@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Looking for Tom at Trinity!
Date: 23 Nov 92 16:17:31 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Hello I recently started a chess match with someone named Tom from Trinity 
College and some dolt erased my mail folder so I don't have his mail adress!

So if you see this Tom, send me your last move please!

Or if anybody else wants to play I could take on one or two more...


Arthur Davis
Dalhousie University

Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
From: doli@troi.cc.rochester.edu (David Oliver)
Subject: Re: pawn promotion
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 03:18:07 GMT

In article <19413@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> lim@toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim) writes:
>There are situations where you might want to promote to a knight.
>Are there any reasons why you'd promote to a bishop or rook?
>The obvious answer is no, but I wanted to check to make sure.
>

I would guess that you might want to promote to a rook or a bishop to avoid
a stalemate that might occur if you promoted to a queen.

-David Oliver (doli@troi.cc.rochester.edu)

=============================================================================
REPORTER: Mr gandhi, what do you think of Western Civilization?
MR GANDHI: I think it would be a good idea!
=============================================================================
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: Re: POLISH OPENING
From: nason@pa881a.inland.com
Date: 19 Nov 92 08:56:35 CDT
Organization: Inland Steel Company, East Chicago, IN
Nntp-Posting-User: wayman

In article <1992Nov11.184146.11104@uoft02.utoledo.edu>, dweddin@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
> does anybody know of any *GOOD* books on the polish opening
> which starts....
> 
>   1. P-QN4  or 1. b4
> 
> please include the author, title, publisher, and date
> 
> (or whatever information you have)
> 
> thanks a lot!
> 
> don wedding
> 

The only book on this opening that I am aware of is by GM Andrew Soltis, the
title is "1 P-QN4".  I don't know the date, but from the title you can tell it
is an older book.  It is written in descriptive, publisher is Chess Digest. 
You can order it from them at 1-800-462-3548. Order number C-411.  

Another book, not on the Polish, but a similar opening for black is called 
"1 b6!" by T. Kapitaniak, algebraic - Publisher,  Chess Player.  Chess Digest
order number C-631.

The Polish Opening is called by other names that you may wish to look under.

"The Sokolsky Opening"
"The Orangutan" - A derogatory name give to it by Tartakower
"The Polish Attack"

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