The History of Computer Chess ♟ ASMR Sleep Documentary

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00:00 intro
01:15 Blinkist Sponsor
02:00 1770 / The Mechanical Turk
05:12 Napoleon vs. The Turk
07:14 1819 / Babbage&Lovelace
10:26 1914 / Leonardo Torres
12:44 1948 / Alan Turing
16:32 TuroChamp vs. Kasparov
17:49 1949 / Claude Shannon
21:11 The Shannon Number
22:54 1956 / The MANIAC
24:44 MANIAC vs. Beginner
27:37 1956 / John McCarthy
28:46 Levy’s Bet
30:25 1974 / 1st World Computer Chess Championship
33:10 1974 / Ostrich vs. KAISSA
36:55 1977 / Duchess vs. KAISSA
40:21 1980 / Ken Thompson
41:22 Tablebases
44:06 549-move tablebase checkmate
45:08 1988 / ChessMaster
48:48 1989 / Deep Thought
51:40 1993 / the PGN-file and databases
53:31 1996 / Deep Blue
54:23 Deep Blue vs Kasparov 1996 game 1
59:13 1997 / Deep Blue Rematch
01:00:10 Deep Blue vs Kasparov 1997 game 1
01:02:20 Deep Blue vs Kasparov 1997 game 2
01:07:44 2003+

References:

1770
Schönbrunn Palace: https://www.schoenbrunn.at/en/
Wolfgang von Kempelen: https://history-computer.com/wolfgang-von-kempelen-biography-history-and-inventions/
The Mechanical Turk: https://interestingengineering.com/the-turk-fake-automaton-chess-player
Napoleon’s chess: https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/napoleon.html
Napoleon vs. The Turk: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1250610

1819
Charles Babbage: https://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/charlesbabbage/
Ada Lovelace: https://mathwomen.agnesscott.org/women/love.htm

1914
Leonardo Torres y Quevedo: https://history-computer.com/leonardo-torres-y-quevedo-biography-history-and-inventions/
El Ajedrista: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ajedrecista

1948
Alan Turing: http://cs.furman.edu/~ktreu/fyw-turing/assign/turing_bio.pdf
TuroChamp: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Turochamp

1949
Claude Shannon: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Claude_Shannon
Shannon’s paper: https://vision.unipv.it/IA1/ProgrammingaComputerforPlayingChess.pdf
The Shannon Number: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_number

1956
MANIAC & Los Alamos Chess: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/qo3ojz/comment/hjke7vj/
John Mccarthy: http://jmc.stanford.edu/
MANIAC vs Beginner: https://lichess.org/study/S7jX2VZO/Ba0FINRI

1968
David Levy: https://www.chessprogramming.org/David_Levy
Levy’s Bet: https://www.chessprogramming.org/David_Levy#The_Levy_Bet

1974
1st World Computer Chess Championship: https://www.chessprogramming.org/WCCC_1974
KAISSA: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Kaissa
Ostrich vs KAISSA: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1162180

1977
Duchess vs. KAISSA: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1162183

1980
Ken Thompson: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Ken_Thompson
Belle: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Belle
Tablebases: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Thompson%27s_Databases
549-move tablebase checkmate: https://tb7.chessok.com/probe/3/65

1988
ChessMaster: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Chessmaster

1989
Deep Thought: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Deep_Thought
Feng-Shiung Hsu: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Feng-hsiung_Hsu
Murray Campbell: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Murray_Campbell
Deep Thought vs Kasparov 1989 games: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Kasparov_versus_Deep_Thought_1989
Herbert Simon (psychologist): https://psychology.fandom.com/wiki/Herbert_A._Simon

1993 (1980+)
Chess Databases: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUokzvPfH4o
The PGN-file: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Game_Notation

1996
Deep Blue: https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/deepblue/
Deep Blue vs. Kasparov 1996 match game 1: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070874

1997
GM Joel Benjamin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Benjamin
GM Nick De Firmian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_de_Firmian
Kasparov vs. Deep Blue 1997 games: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Kasparov_versus_Deep_Blue_1997

2003
Kasparov vs. Deep Fritz/ 3XD Fritz: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Kasparov_versus_X3D_Fritz_2003
Kasparov vs. Deep Junior: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Kasparov_versus_Deep_Junior_2003
Deep Junior: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Junior
Deep Fritz: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Fritz#Deep_Fritz

Thanks to:
Computer History Museum - https://www.youtube.com/user/ComputerHistory
Cambridge University - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc5vZEM1MLUzCrg_aZIJdeA
ChessBase - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBWeHZfFraspNJOeQio86lQ
Robert Pieraccini - https://www.youtube.com/user/rpieracc/featured
Alan B. Carr - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNotnxWXF3amx_bvezPEGHw
City of Stars - https://www.reddit.com/u/city-of-stars
Squakenet - https://www.youtube.com/user/squakenetcom
Cyberal20 - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUWnJ-WJXJJN99LcZWRTWHw
Twistedlot - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWlBEynCpCbglOBTHpW42w