Chess algorithms

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It was the first time a computer had beaten a reigning world champion chess player.The Deep Blue computer had been designed by a team at IBM.Hear from two people who were at the match.(Photo: IBM scientist Murray Campbell (R) makes a move for the IBM Deep Blue computer in a game ...  Show more

Garry Kasparov is one of the greatest chess players of all time. He was one of the youngest world champions ever, and had a 20-year streak as the world’s top-rated player. But even though he is known as a champion, he is also particularly famous for losing—against Deep Blue. Afte ...  Show more

Garry Kasparov is one of the greatest chess players of all time. He was one of the youngest world champions ever, and had a 20-year streak as the world’s top-rated player. But even though he is known as a champion, he is also particularly famous for losing—against Deep Blue. Afte ...  Show more

I Was There When is an oral history project that’s part of the In Machines We Trust podcast. It features stories of how breakthroughs and watershed moments in artificial intelligence and computing happened, as told by the people who witnessed them. In this episode we meet one of ...  Show more