In May 1997 world chess champion Garry Kasparov, regarded by many as the greatest player of all time, came to New York to face his most unusual and challenging opponent yet. Deep Blue, a supercomputer developed by a team of IBM scientists in a project that started over ten years earlier, was capable of calculating 200 million chess positions in a single second and was incapable of tiring, losing heart, or making an oversight. Kasparov versus Deep Blue is the first book to tell the full story of this historic encounter, from the personalities, hype, and controversies to the psychology of the match, why Kasparov lost and Deep Blue won, and a look at the future of chess in this new era. Comprehensive background on both contestants and authoritative coverage of events surrounding the match are provided.
Every game is described and analyzed in detail, with ideas and variations found in no other book.
The earlier 1989 and 1996 matches between the two contestants are also reviewed. Goodman is an international master, chess teacher, and journalist who has covered Garry Kasparov for such publications as Time and Chess Life magazines. He lives in New York. He lives in London. Foreword by international grandmaster Patrick Wolff.