Author: Timothy J. Frohlick
Date: 23:38:30 10/21/00
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On October 22, 2000 at 01:59:31, Gregor Overney wrote: >How old is computer chess? 17th or 18th century? > >BTW. How old is chess? > >Gregor Computer chess as we understand it today is a mid to late 20th century phenomenon. Chess as it is played today is only a hundred years old. By that I mean--chess with clocks and time limits plus the "modern" understanding of attack and defense. That stuff from a thousand years ago wasn't chess as we play it. Tim "cybernetic man" Frohlick
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