Los Alamos scientisits Paul Stern (left) and Nick Metropolis playing chess with the MANIAC computer
Title:
Los Alamos scientisits Paul Stern (left) and Nick Metropolis playing chess with the MANIAC computer
Date:
1951
Credit Line:
Courtesy of Los Alamos National Laboratory
Accession:
L02645387
Description:
By 1956, mathematician and atomic bomb designer Stanislaus Ulam at Los Alamos programmed the Lab's MANIAC computer to play chess on a 6 x 6 chess board. This early program was easily beaten by average players.