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jan 1, 1956 - Los Alamos Chess

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Creators: Paul Stein and Mark Wells

First programmed computer chess-like game able to be played on computer. Played on a 6×6 board without bishops, the reduction of the board size and the number of pieces from standard chess was due to the very limited capacity of computers at the time.

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jan 1, 1956
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~ 70 years ago

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