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Subject: Re: Bill Wall's "History of Computer Chess" doesn't include all castle rules

Author: steven blincoe

Date: 17:05:56 07/19/04

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>I believe it was the year 1976 when all castling rules and computer chess were
>applied.  If I am not mistaken, it took almost 10 years (1967-1976) to get
>castling right.

for dedicated chess computers..Castling correctly was not "Discovered" until
late 1977-early 1978
the earlier computers did not know how to castle
this allows for very enjoyable Morphy like attacking play
:)
Steve




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