Author: Peter Fendrich
Date: 14:21:03 04/02/01
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On April 02, 2001 at 15:57:04, Mark Loftus wrote: >I was recently reading about the Slate/Atkin programs, Chess 3.X and Chess 4.X >and their fine tournament performances in the 1970s. I'd like to know if there >ever was a Chess 1.0 or 2.0 and if there are any available games from them. > >Mark Loftus A good source in this respect, I think, is "Chess Skill in Man and Machine". It says: "In the spring of 1968, engineering students Larry Atkin and Keith Gorlen launched Northwestern University's computer chess program in their spare time. Later in the year, then physics graduate student David Slate began his own effort. By mid 1969, the two groups had joined forces and produced their first successful program, CHESS 2.0. Between 1969 and 1972, CHESS 2.0 was gradually refined into CHESS 3.6." ... and so on //Peter
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