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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".
August 31, 1952
Draughts was released on August 31, 1952.
Draughts is available on Legacy Computer.
No — Draughts is a single-player game.
Draughts was developed by Christopher Strachey.