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Subject: Does not Compute!

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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