Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 17:11:37 04/25/05
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On April 25, 2005 at 19:55:20, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >In 1890 Luis Torres y Quevedo built a machine that automatically played a king >and rook endgame against king from any position. Not bad for 115 years ago! According to http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/automat.htm 1890 was the year it was built, however at http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1799 the year it was built was 1912. Which is correct? BTW, "El Ajedristica" was the name he gave his machine. It was the forerunner of all that was to follow in computer chess. > >The challenge I propose is to duplicate this result in software in as succinct a >manner as possible. The only restricion is that is must always find a way a >mate, but not necessarily do so optimally. > >Any takers?
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