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− | a chess program by [[John Poduska | + | a chess program by [[John Poduska Jr.]] written in [[Pascal]]. In 1981 it searched about 1000 [[Nodes per Second|Nodes per second]] on a [[68000]] based [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Computer Apollo] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workstation workstation] <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/full_record.php?iid=doc-431614f6ce737 The Twelfth ACM's North American Computer Chess Championship], [http://archive.computerhistory.org/projects/chess/related_materials/text/3-1%20and%203-2%20and%203-3.1981_ACM_NACCC/1981_ACM_NACCC.sm.062303017.pdf pdf] from [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> . It competed twice at [[ACM North American Computer Chess Championship|ACM North American Computer Chess Championships]], the [[ACM 1981]] and [[ACM 1982]]. |
=Etymology= | =Etymology= |
Revision as of 11:03, 14 December 2019
Chaturanga,
a chess program by John Poduska Jr. written in Pascal. In 1981 it searched about 1000 Nodes per second on a 68000 based Apollo workstation [3] . It competed twice at ACM North American Computer Chess Championships, the ACM 1981 and ACM 1982.
Etymology
The name Chaturanga was derived from the ancient Indian game which is presumed to be the common ancestor of the games of Chess, Shogi and Chinese Chess [4] .