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The Development of Computer Chess
Since the dawn of the computer age, the development of chess playing computers has paralleled the development of general computing. Early computer pioneers and artificial intelligence (AI) researchers took an interest in chess because its fantastically large number of possible positions could not be tackled by brute force.

Computer Chess History
A comprehensive overview of computer chess by the CSVN (Dutch Computer Chess Association). Crosstables and game scores for most major events held over the last 30 years, including Computer vs. Computer and Human vs. Computer.

Computer Chess History by Bill Wall
History by the Web's great compiler of historical chess facts and trivia. Frequently copied by other sites.

Computer History Museum - Chess Exhibit
'This on-line exhibition contains documents, images, artifacts, oral histories, moving images and software related to computer chess from 1945 to 1997.'

DigiChess Computer History
History of computer chess programs by John Marountas. From von Kempelen to the present.

Short History of Computer Chess
History with lots of photos by Frederic Friedel, the founder of ChessBase. Who could know computer history better?

Computer World Championships
By your About.com Guide.