Kasparov Versus Deep Blue (Magill’s Literary Annual 1998)
At a glance:
- Author: Monty Newborn
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: History of science
- Setting: Europe and the United States, primarily Philadelphia
- Principal Characters: Garry Kasparov, Deep Blue, Monty Newborn, Feng-hsuing Hsu, David Levy
- Genres: Nonfiction, Science and technology
- Subjects: Information science or systems, Computers, Artificial intelligence, Chess or chess players, Strategy
- Locales: Europe, United States, Philadelphia, PA
Whether by canny publishing design or mere chance, Monty Newborn’s Kasparov Versus Deep Blue benefited from a considerable accident of timing. The book was in stores on the heels of the May, 1997, match in which world chess champion Garry Kasparov suffered a stunning defeat at the silicon “hands” of Deep Blue, the world’s strongest chess-playing computer program. The result of that contest sent shock waves through the chess world, induced euphoria in artificial intelligence aficionados, and brought the principal members of these arcane and typically obscure communities an...
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