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An index of About Chess blog articles on computer chess.

New World Computer Chess Champion • Rybka won the 15th World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC) held in June at Amsterdam. The chess computer, developed by Vasik Rajlich, finished first (+9-0=2) in the 12-player round robin, one point ahead of runner-up Zappa. [1 July 2007; Elsewhere on the Web]

The Last Man - Machine Match? • The latest man - machine match, featuring World Champion Vladimir Kramnik against the chess playing computer Deep Fritz, ended the same way all similar matches have ended in recent years. The machine won a solid victory. [10 December 2006; Elsewhere on the Web]

Kramnik vs. Deep Fritz, Day by Day • The match between World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik and Deep Fritz starts today, 25 November, and we will be following the event in Kramnik vs. Deep Fritz - Day by Day. [25 November 2006; Join the Discussion]

The Development of Computer Chess • Since the dawn of the computer age, the development of chess playing computers has paralleled the development of general computing. Early computer pioneers and artificial intelligence (AI) researchers took an interest in chess because its fantastically large number of possible positions could not be tackled by brute force. [14 August 2006]

14th World Computer Chess Championship • We'll be keeping track of the World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC), the most important of the concurrent events being played at the 37th Chess Olympiad, Turin, Italy. [28 May 2006; Join the Discussion]

Computer Chess - Summer 2005 • The 13th World Computer Chess Championship, the Michael Adams - Hydra match, and the Rustam Kasimdzhanov - Accoona Toolbar match. [27 August 2005; Elsewhere on the Web]

'Game Over' : Did IBM Cheat Kasparov? • The film 'Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine', directed by Vikram Jayanti, strongly suggests that IBM may have cheated Kasparov during his match with Deep Blue in 1997. We think the film failed to ask the tough questions. The conspiracy theory is still open to speculation. [6 June 2005]

Computer Chess News • Bilbao 2004, Jakarta 2005, and coming events. [4 June 2005; Elsewhere on the Web]

Garry Kasparov : Reunification++ • Among other topics: the documentary Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine by Vikram Jayanti is in distribution again and should soon be available for purchase. Film critics are giving it a closer look than last time and are evenly divided on its merits. Thumbs up : a psychological thriller; Thumbs down : Rook switcheroo. [4 February 2005]

Computer Chess News • The Hydra - Shredder match and a spate of announcements about online play events. Slashdot.org ('News for nerds. Stuff that matters.') provides news on these events, links to related sites, and informed commentary of particular interest to the computer chess community. [18 September 2004; Elsewhere on the Web]

Online Resources for Computer Chess • What does the phrase Computer Chess mean to you? Computers have had such a profound impact on chess that this is one of the most difficult categories to sort out. We took a good, long look at our links to computer chess sites. [16 August 2004]

Winners' week! • Congratulations to Amir Ban and Shay Bushinsky, the Israeli team behind Junior, winner of the 12th World Computer Chess Championship. [17 July 2004; Elsewhere on the Web]

Computer Chess • As the World Computer Chess Championship started we thought about some articles we'd seen recently on computer chess and human chess. [3 July 2004; Elsewhere on the Web]

World Champion Season • The start of the ICGA 12th World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC2004) overlaps the last rounds of the FIDE World Championship. [26 June 2004; Elsewhere on the Web]

Chess Videos • 2003 World Computer Chess Championship : Photos and videos from the 2003 WCCC in Graz, Austria. [7 February 2004 Elsewhere on the Web]

The Not everyone likes chess department • 'In 1997, one of the seminal battles between the human brain and artificial intelligence was fought and lost by the greatest chess player of all time, Garry Kasparov. In a contest of electrifying tedium, the Charles Atlas of mental arithmetic was soundly thrashed by a fridge called Deep Blue.' [January 23, 2004]

Kasparov - X3D Fritz Match • The Kasparov - X3D Fritz match in New York City is international headline news. [15 November 2003; Elsewhere on the Web]

Game Over - Kasparov and the Machine • 'For the international chess community, it was the stuff of Greek tragedy -- possibly even a blow against humanity. Garry Kasparov, arguably the greatest chess player the ancient game has seen, was defeated by IBM’s computer, Deep Blue.' The review of Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine by Sean Farnel concluded, 'IBM’s stock rose 15% the day following the match.' True or false? [20 September 2003; Seen on the Web]

Computer Chess History Pages • The Computerschaak Vereniging Nederland (CSVN), whose name can be translated as the Dutch Computer Chess Association, has created the most comprehensive overview of computer chess that we've ever seen. [11 July 2003; Seen on the Web]