Behind deep blue : building the computer that defeated the world chess champion / Feng-hsiung Hsu, foreword by Jon Kleinberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hsu, Feng-hsiung, 1959- author.

Contributor:

Kleinberg, Jon, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer chess.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2022]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The riveting quest to construct the machine that would take on the world’s greatest human chess player—told by the man who built itOn May 11, 1997, millions worldwide heard news of a stunning victory, as a machine defeated the defending world chess champion, Garry Kasparov. Behind Deep Blue tells the inside story of the quest to create the mother of all chess machines and what happened at the two historic Deep Blue vs. Kasparov matches. Feng-hsiung Hsu, the system architect of Deep Blue, reveals how a modest student project started at Carnegie Mellon in 1985 led to the production of a multimillion-dollar supercomputer. Hsu discusses the setbacks, tensions, and rivalries in the race to develop the ultimate chess machine, and the wild controversies that culminated in the final triumph over the world's greatest human player. With a new foreword by Jon Kleinberg and a new preface from the author, Behind Deep Blue offers a remarkable look at one of the most famous advances in artificial intelligence, and the brilliant toolmaker who invented it.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface to the 2022 Paperback

Preface to the First Edition

Acknowledgments

Chess Notation

Prologue

CHAPTER 1 Show Time!

Carnegie Mellon

CHAPTER 2 An Office of Troublemakers

CHAPTER 3 Taking the Plunge

CHAPTER 4 The Chess Machine That Wasn't

CHAPTER 5 The Race for First Machine Grandmaster

CHAPTER 6 "Knock, Knock. Who's There?"

Intermezzo

CHAPTER 7 First Date with History

IBM

CHAPTER 8 We Need a New Name

CHAPTER 9 Bringing Up the Baby

CHAPTER 10 A Living Mount Everest

CHAPTER 11 Retooling

CHAPTER 12 The Holy Grail

Epilogue

CHAPTER 13 Life after Chess

Afterword to the 2004 Paperback Edition

Appendixes

APPENDIX A A Lad from Taiwan

APPENDIX B Selected Game Scores

APPENDIX C Further Reading

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691235141

0691235147

OCLC:

1312239561