Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes
Date: 08:52:49 10/23/00
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On October 23, 2000 at 04:45:13, Paulo Soares wrote: >On October 22, 2000 at 22:57:27, Ernst A. Heinz wrote: > >>>>How old is computer chess? 17th or 18th century? >>> >>>Computer Chess History >>>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/comphis.htm >> >>Computer chess has a much richer and even longer history >>than mentioned by others in this thread and on the WWW page >>listed above. >> >> * around 1750(?): Torres y Quevedo built a mechanical device >> that played the endgame KRK perfectly >> >> * around 1850(?): Charles Babbage outlined plans for yet did >> not actually build his so-called "Analytical >> Engine" which was the first programmable >> general-purpose computer so to speak. His >> co-worker Lady Ada Lovelace (gave name to >> programming language "Ada") wrote programs >> for this machine, including a perceived >> chess program or at least ideas therefor. >> >> * around 1940(?): Konrad Zuse developed his "Plankalkuel" >> formalism which probably was the first >> high-level programming language. He also >> wrote a "Plankalkuel" chess program, a >> Java-applet simulation of which is actually >> available somewhere on the WWW (sorry, I >> forgot the URL). >> >>Moreover, the founding fathers of cybernetics and economics >>deliberated extensively about the possibilities of how to make >>a machine play chess at the beginning of the 20th century. The >>best-known example in this respect is Norbert Wiener. >> >>So much from the top of my head. I hope I got the time numbers >>about right ... >> >>=Ernst= > >Do you know where I can find more information on that subject? >I like a lot to know regarding the origin of the things. > >Paulo Ada Byron,Lady Lovelace http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/love.htm
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