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was an Ukrainian world-class [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Grandmaster chess grandmaster] who was close to become [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship World Chess Champion] when he drew the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1951 1951 match] against [[Mikhail Botvinnik|Botvinnik]] by a score of 12–12. He was also a highly renowned writer.

Bronstein became interested in [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligence]] when he received his first lessons in computer chess from [[Alexander Kronrod]]. He and Bronstein's friend [[Alexander Brudno]] gave a lot of valuable knowledge about the mathematical problems in connection with writing chess programs. As a grandmaster with a great interest in this subject he was asked to be an advisor to the [[Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics]] when they played the famous [[Stanford-ITEP Match|match]] against [[Stanford University]]. He already played a two games against the [[M-20]] in 1963 <ref>[[David Bronstein]], [[Tom Fürstenberg]] ('''1995'''). ''[[Tom Fürstenberg#TheSorcerersApprentice|The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]''. Cadogan Books, London. ISBN 1-85744-151-6, pp. 188 (47) Bronstein,D - [[Rebel|Rebel 90]], pp. 278 (26) Bronstein,D - [[ITEP Chess Program|M20 Computer]]</ref> <ref>[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1238081 David Bronstein vs M20 (Computer) 1963] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]</ref>. Also in his later career, David Bronstein was open minded to play computers. He played [[Deep Thought]] and later [[Deep Blue]] and all [[Aegon Tournaments]] from [[Aegon 1990|1990]] until [[Aegon 1997|1997]], which he won in [[Aegon 1992|1992]] with a perfect score of 6/6 <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=50 Aegon 1992] from [[CSVN|CSVN Computerschaak]]</ref> , as well as the [[Aegon 1993]] with 5.5/6. During the [[Advances in Computer Chess 8|8th Advances in Computer Chess Conference]] 1996 David Bronstein was invited speaker and told about his experiences with computers. [[Tom Fürstenberg]] was a close friend and contributed in writing the ''[[Tom Fürstenberg#TheSorcerersApprentice|The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'' <ref>[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1857441516/104-6193618-9046309?vi=glance Sorcerer's Apprentice (Cadogan Chess Books)] from [http://www.amazon.com/ amazon.com]</ref> .

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