Chess has captured the imagination of humans for centuries due to its strategic beauty—an objective, board-based testament to the power of mortal intuition. Twenty-five years ago Wednesday, though, ...

Learn about the use of computers in the game and the evolution of chess engines. Learn about the use of computers in the game and the evolution of chess engines. Discover the history behind the famous ...

More than a decade has passed since IBM's Deep Blue computer stunned the world by defeating Garry Kasparov, international chess champion. Following Deep Blue's retirement, there has been a succession ...

IBM’s chess-playing supercomputer Deep Blue was eclipsed by the neural-net revolution. Now, 25 years on, the machine may get the last laugh. In May 11, 1997, Garry Kasparov fidgeted in his plush ...

It was a memorable moment, as much for the Russian grandmaster’s hysteria in defeat as for being an apparent milestone in computing and the end of an era of human intellectual dominance. Now the ...

May 11 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1858, Minnesota joined the United States as the 32nd state. In 1862, the Confederate navy destroyed its iron-clad vessel Merrimac to prevent it from falling ...

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After five years of licking his Deep Blue wounds, Garry Kasparov will face a widely admired--and feared--computer chess master. The match, to be held Oct. 1-13 in Jerusalem, will pit Kasparov against ...

On a cool Sunday morning in May 1997, reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov sat in defeat. It had been a highly publicized, weeklong affair, and after six controversial matches — three of which ...