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, ...

It took just 19 moves. Today marks the 20th anniversary of an epic chess match between IBM's computer Deep Blue and world chess champion Garry Kasparov. On May 11, 1997, the undefeated Kasparov faced ...

The chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov sat down with Business Insider for a lengthy discussion about advances in artificial intelligence since he first lost a match to the IBM chess machine Deep Blue in ...

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 ...

It's almost 18 years since IBM's Deep Blue famously beat Garry Kasparov at chess, becoming the first computer to defeat a human world champion. Since then, as you can probably imagine, computers have ...

Hadley Fraser and Kenneth Lee in “The Machine” at the Park Avenue Armory (all images by Stephanie Berger and courtesy Park Avenue Armory) The Machine opened at the Manchester International Festival ...

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 ...

River Oaks Chamber Orchestra will battle one of its own this weekend in a rather innovative game of chess. Composer Maxime Goulet has adapted the legendary 1997 match, in which IBM’s Deep Blue ...

On this date:In 1763, Britain, Spain and France signed the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years’ War (also known as the French and Indian War in North America). In 1840, Britain’s Queen Victoria ...

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 ...