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Artifact Details

Title

Chess pieces

Catalog Number

102801139

Type

Physical Object

Description

The object is a wooden set of chess pieces of the Herman Ohme chess set. The chess set was owned by Allen Newell who used it in his work on artificial intelligence. The pieces are: 16 pawns, 4 rooks, 4 knights, 4 bishops, 2 queens, and 2 kings.

Date

1954

Dimensions

overall: 5 in x 13 7/8 in x 11 in

Credit

Gift of Paul Allen Newell

Lot Number

2023.0050

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