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title: "World’s first chess machine"  
description: "A brief explanation about the world's first chess machine"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-25  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2993/world-s-first-chess-machine  
category: "technology"  
tags: ["chess", "technology", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# World’s first chess machine

![World s first chess machine](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/21450ee4-0eaf-4435-a657-c3b40c6ffd13/images/3c5aa84f-a9ad-46f6-99ab-2539b34abdfa.jpeg) ![World s first chess machine](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/21450ee4-0eaf-4435-a657-c3b40c6ffd13/images/3c5aa84f-a9ad-46f6-99ab-2539b34abdfa.jpeg) El Ajedrecista, the world's first chess machine, was constructed in 1912 by Spanish engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo. ![World s first chess machine](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/21450ee4-0eaf-4435-a657-c3b40c6ffd13/images/9886225d-14cc-495f-b112-c088f75b574a.jpeg) The electromechanical automaton, which played rook and king versus king endgames, served as a precursor to modern computer chess engines. ![World s first chess machine](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/21450ee4-0eaf-4435-a657-c3b40c6ffd13/images/bff72088-ed5d-44e0-ba54-4ed254b49efd.jpeg) El Ajedrecista's achievement prompted other engineers and scientists to create their own chess-playing machines. ![World s first chess machine](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/21450ee4-0eaf-4435-a657-c3b40c6ffd13/images/1d44c86e-ae90-4e7f-bad9-19a856c20ae3.jpeg) Leonardo Torres Quevedo's AI prototype, El Ajedrecista, is currently on display at Madrid's Museo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de España. ![World s first chess machine](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/21450ee4-0eaf-4435-a657-c3b40c6ffd13/images/2e25d4cb-cccc-4c10-b277-997561f73fde.jpeg) Today, Its achievement is in chess and artificial intelligence history, where computer chess engines can outsmart even the most skilled human players.

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