If you’ve read anything about Computer Chess, it’s almost impossible to avoid references to the Mechanical Turk (1770s) and Deep Blue (1990s).
But, what about the 200 years in-between? In an interesting and informative article about ‘brute force versus intelligence‘, the authors explain the evolution – and rise of – the Chess machines.
This stops short of the all-powerful Chess engines, such as Houdini + Rybka et all, which are breaking through ELO 3000. Indeed, there are iPhone apps capable of crushing 99% of us Chess folks!
That said, it’s still an interesting read …
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