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Subject: Re: How old is computer chess?

Author: Gregor Overney

Date: 23:42:32 10/23/00

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>  * 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.

This is very interesting. Do you know of a source about this idea for a chess
program for Babbage's mechanical computer system?

Gregor



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