Deep Blue was a chess-playing computer developed by IBM. On May 11, 1997, the machine won a six-game match by two wins to one with three draws against world champion Garry Kasparov. Kasparov accused IBM of cheating and demanded a rematch, but IBM declined and dismantled Deep Blue. Kasparov had… Continue reading
Wilhelm (later William) Steinitz (May 17, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was an Austrian-American chess player and the first undisputed world chess champion from 1886 to 1894. Some contemporaries and later writers described him as world champion since 1866, when he won a match against Adolf Anderssen. Steinitz lost his… Continue reading
Alexander Alekhine, (October 31, 1892 – March 24, 1946) By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played. In 1927, he became the fourth World Chess Champion by defeating Capablanca,… Continue reading
Chess anyone? : Chess pieces from an art installation entitled ‘The Tournament at Trafalgar Square’ are pictured in central London. (AFP/Carl de Souza) Continue reading
Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 – July 10, 1884), "The Pride and Sorrow of Chess," is considered to have been the greatest chess master of his time, an unofficial World Champion and, quite possibly, the greatest chess player who has ever lived. He was also the first American superstar,… Continue reading
