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Subject: Re: Alan Turings chess program... Description?

Author: Joseph Tadeusz

Date: 09:21:13 10/01/05

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On October 01, 2005 at 12:08:05, Carey wrote:

>On September 30, 2005 at 23:38:22, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>>On September 30, 2005 at 23:12:46, Carey wrote:
>>
>>>Is a complete description of Alan Turing's chess program available on the web?
>>>
>>>If not, can you give me a complete description?
>>>
>>>I'd like to add it to my 'antique chess program' web site, but all I've seen on
>>>the web are a couple of abreviated descriptions.
>>
>>As far as I know it was vaporware, no offense to Turing.
>
>It did exist.  I think one full game was done back then.
>
>It was just a list of human instructions, but at least that much existed.
>
>All I can find on the web is an abreviated version.  I see a powerpoint version
>and an "apendix"
>
>http://home.hetnet.nl/~ext/Study/Appendix.htm
>
>that list the same description.
>
>But I don't think that's the full description because a few references I've seen
>in here talked about the description being two pages in some book.

Here's the original article:

http://www.chessbase.de/spotlight/spotlight2.asp?id=15



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