Author: David Mitchell
Date: 05:04:37 07/15/04
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On July 15, 2004 at 07:39:05, TEERAPONG TOVIRAT wrote: > >And.. Did he get any consolation prize? > >Thanks, >Teerapong Alan Turing built a device that could play chess (in a limited way), in a simulation you turned by hand. Claude Shannon, in 1949 wrote a paper describing how to program a general purpose computer to play a game of chess. It was printed in "Philosophical Magazine" in March, 1950. AFAIK, neither Turing nor Shannon never actually wrote a program to play chess, however. Turing and Shannon are famous for other work, but not for chess programming. As far as commercial programs, the Spracklin's Fidelity Chess Challenger and Boris were the two I remember first. I'm not sure who programmed Boris. The Spracklin's (husband & wife), enjoyed quite a good reputation for their chess programming work, and a few real giggles. Dave
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