Behind Deep Blue - Building the Computer That Defeated the World Chess Champion

Name: Behind Deep Blue - Building the Computer That Defeated the World Chess Champion
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ISBN: 9780691118185

ISBN-10: 0691118183

ISBN-13: 9780691118185

Edition: 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Feng-Hsiung Hsu

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On May 11, 1997, as millions worldwide watched a stunning victory unfold on television, a machine shocked the chess world by defeating the defending world champion, Garry Kasparov. Written by the man who started the adventure,Behind Deep Bluereveals the inside story of what happened behind the scenes at the two historic Deep Blue vs. Kasparov matches. This is also the story behind the quest to create the mother of all chess machines. The book unveils how a modest student project eventually produced a multimillion dollar supercomputer, from the development of the scientific ideas through technical setbacks, rivalry in the race to develop the ultimate chess machine, and wild controversies to…

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List price: $37.50
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 2/15/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements


Chess Notation



Prologue: Show Time!



Carnegie Mellon: An Office of Troublemakers



Taking the Plunge



The Chess Machine That Wasn't



The Race for First Machine Grandmaster



"Knock, Knock. Who's There?"



Intermezzo: First Date with History



IBM: We Need a New Name



Bringing up the Baby



A Living Mount Everest



Retooling



The Holy Grail



Epilogue: Life After Chess



A Lad from Taiwan



Selected Game Scores



Further Reading


Index