Christopher Strachey

Draughts

A game of draughts (a.k.a. checkers) written for the Ferranti Mark 1 computer by Christopher Strachey at the University of Manchester between 1951 and 1952. In the summer of 1952, the program was able to "play a complete game of Draughts at a reasonable speed".

• Card and board games

Released

31 August 1952

Developer

Christopher Strachey

Platforms

Legacy Computer

Genres

Card & Board Game