Alan Turing And The First Computer Chess Game

Chess is one of the oldest, and most revered games of strategy and analysis in the world. It’s a game so intricate that some spend their entire lives trying to master it. Nearly 60 years ago, a new player entered the game–one powered not by human intelligence and dedication, but by lines of code on paper, written by computer scientist Alan Turing.
Alan Turing was an English computer scientist and mathematician. He is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. In 1948, Turing working with his former undergraduate colleague, David Champernowne began writing a chess playing algorithm. By 1950, the program was completed and dubbed the Turochamp. In 1952, lacking a computer powerful enough to execute the program, Turing played a game against Alick Glennie, in which he simulated the computer, taking about 30 minutes per move. The program lost that game, although it is reported that it scored a victory against Champernowne’s wife.
In this video I am covering the game played between the computer and Turing’s college Alick Glennie who was a novice player.
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Alan Turing vs Alick Glennie
Friendly game (1952), Manchester ENG
Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation (C26)
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. d5 Nd4 7. h4 Bg4 8. a4 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bh5 10. Bb5+ c6 11. dxc6 O-O 12. cxb7 Rb8 13. Ba6 Qa5 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Rg1 Nc5 16. Rg5 Bg6 17. Bb5 Nxb7 18. O-O-O Nc5 19. Bc6 Rfc8 20. Bd5 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Qxa4 22. Kd2 Ne6 23. Rg4 Nd4 24. Qd3 Nb5 25. Bb3 Qa6 26. Bc4 Bh5 27.
Rg3 Qa4 28. Bxb5 Qxb5 29. Qxd6 Rd8
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