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Deep Thought

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Computers, Chess, and Cognition

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Deep Thought is the first chess machine to achieve Grandmaster performances against human opposition. In November 1988, the machine tied for first in the Software Toolworks Championship with Grandmaster Anthony Miles, defeating four-time World Championship candidate Grandmaster Bent Larsen along the way. Since then, the machine has been successful against other Grandmasters.

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Hsu, Fh., Anantharaman, T.S., Campbell, M.S., Nowatzyk, A. (1990). Deep Thought. In: Marsland, T.A., Schaeffer, J. (eds) Computers, Chess, and Cognition. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9080-0_5

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