A fascinating game of endless variations, chess has challenged man\'s skill and ingenuity for centuries. The game is so complex that even a giant, high-speed computer can not analyse the multitude of potential move combinations. Chess Skill in Man and Machine surveys our current understanding of human chess skill and discusses the subtleties of coaxing a machine to play chess. The initial chapter and the appendix present a brief history of the computer chess tournaments. The next two chapters describe the essentials of how humans and computers play chess. The fourth chapter provides a detailed description of the successful Northwestern Chess Program. The following three chapters discuss several alternative approaches to chess programming. In the final chapter, a former captain of the U. S. Olympic chess team assesses the present status of chess skill in man and machine.Some bumps to corners. Former owner\'s name to pastedown.