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A chess playing program for the IBM 704

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Published:06 May 1958Publication History

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This paper describes the program which enables a human being to play a game of chess with the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) 704 computer. The machine may play either white or black, and is capable of playing a complete game of chess, including such moves as castling, promoting, and capturing en passant.

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    IRE-ACM-AIEE '58 (Western): Proceedings of the May 6-8, 1958, western joint computer conference: contrasts in computers
    May 1958
    277 pages
    ISBN:9781450378642
    DOI:10.1145/1457769

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    • Published: 6 May 1958

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