The Samuel Checkers-playing Program © 1952 Samuel, A.L.
Play checkers against the computer.
The game was updated until the mid 70s and ran on various computers including the IBM 701, IBM 704 and IBM 7094.
The program has around 10,000 instructions.
on the IBM 704, the program can evaluate a board position in 2.4 milliseconds, make a move in 1.5 miliseconds, find all available moves from a specific position in 2.6 milliseconds and evaluate the computer's position in 7.5 milliseconds.
Programmed by: Arthur Lee Samuel
Game Playing with Computers, Donald D. Spencer (1968) Page 13-14