On February 10, 1996, Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov in the first game of a six-game match—the first time a computer had ever beat a human in a formal chess game. Two other games in that match ...

In chess circles, that name has long carried significant weight. Gary Kasparov became a world chess champion in 1985 and ...

The best chess games to play online or offline on PC. Skip to main content. Open ... It supports online play with a separate account, and comes with a good computer opponent via the Stockfish ...

In 1949, Claude Shannon, one of A.I.’s founding figures, laid out his explanation for why making a computer play chess would be a worthy endeavor. Games like chess, Shannon wrote, present a ...

Chess enthusiasts watch Garry Kasparov on a television monitor at the start of the sixth and final match against IBM’s Deep Blue computer in New York on May 11, 1997.

Personal computer chess programs took an entertaining leap forward in 1988 with Interplay’s Battle Chess ... Games were displayed as notation or depicted as an ASCII-drawing of a chess board; ...

CHESS05_042_LH.JPG Computer History Museum in Mountain View will feature an exhibit on the history of computer technology in chess. Photographed by Liz Hafalia on 8/31/05 in Mountain View, CA ...

Computer chess isn't just about playing games. "Make a plan" The Second World War saw breathtaking innovation in mechanical calculation engines both in Britain and the United States.

Here you can access the daily puzzles and chess lessons mentioned above, but you’ll also find coaches, tournaments, computer analysis of your games, and human opponents and bots to play against.

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is looking to the game of chess to develop strategies for real life warfare. Adelaide-based defence scientists have been analysing the impact of different moves ...

After 11 often grueling games over the past 16 days, the World Chess Championship is right where it started — tied. There is one full-length game remaining. Ma… ...