Lauren SamsFin editor, deputy editor AFR Magazine and fashion editor
Dec 10, 2025 – 5.00am
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Alan Trefler is the chief executive officer Pegasystems. He is 69 and lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
Why did you start playing chess?
I started playing because I watched my father play with his friends when I was quite young. Players have exactly the same information and yet they all see different things and can make very different plans. It offered such richness of possibility in a really transparent environment.
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