The Wall Street Journal recently printed a fine article about computer chess within the chess community. When Deep Blue defeated Gary Kasparov, some people thought interest in chess would wane. People still love chess and the chess community has adopted the use of computers. I recommend this article if you are a chess player. It can be found online by Googling The Cyber-Renaissance in Chess by Christopher Chabris and David Goodman. If you subscribe to the WSJ, the article is in the Saturday 11/23/2013 edition, page C3.
If you are not familiar with the Deep Blue vs Gary Kasparov chess match, you might enjoy the documentary, Game Over. You can view it on Netflix or purchase it at Amazon. The documentary gives you a glimpse of the true contest: IBM & a team of grandmasters vs Gary Kasparov. The contest was really man vs. corporation, not man vs. machine. There were many forces in play during that match. The documentary does a fine job of peeling back a few of the layers of complexity surrounding the event and delivering a dramatic story at the same time.
Robert
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