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Beyond Deep Blue

Chess in the Stratosphere

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  • The only book to cover the field of computer chess since the Deep Blue versus Kasparov matches

  • Describes the latest developments in artificial intelligence for computer chess

  • Presents a thorough historical summary from 1997 to the present day

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Deep Blue Establishes Historic Landmark

    • Monty Newborn
    Pages 1-26
  3. The Dawn of the Post-Deep Blue Era

    • Monty Newborn
    Pages 27-45
  4. 2004: Hydra Slews Shredder in Abu Dhabi

    • Monty Newborn
    Pages 103-118
  5. 2005: Zappa Red Hot at 13th WCCC

    • Monty Newborn
    Pages 119-128
  6. 2006: Deep Fritz Clobbers Kramnik, 4–2

    • Monty Newborn
    Pages 141-148
  7. 2007: Rybka Moves to Top at the 15th WCCC

    • Monty Newborn
    Pages 159-168
  8. 2008: Rybka Retains Title at the 16th WCCC

    • Monty Newborn
    Pages 205-215
  9. 2010: Sjeng Wins Internet Chess Club CCT 12

    • Monty Newborn
    Pages 235-245

About this book

More than a decade has passed since IBM’s Deep Blue computer stunned the world by defeating Garry Kasparov, the world chess champion at that time. Beyond Deep Blue tells the continuing story of the chess engine and its steady improvement. The book provides analysis of the games alongside a detailed examination of the remarkable technological progress made by the engines – asking which one is best, how good is it, and how much better can it get. Features: presents a total of 118 games, played by 17 different chess engines, collected together for the first time in a single reference; details the processor speeds, memory sizes, and the number of processors used by each chess engine; includes games from 10 World Computer Chess Championships, and three computer chess tournaments of the Internet Chess Club; covers the man-machine matches between Fritz and Kramnik, and Kasparov and Deep Junior; describes three historical matches between leading engines – Hydra vs. Shredder, Junior vs. Fritz, and Zappa vs. Rybka.

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From the reviews:

“Newborn’s new book Beyond Deep Blue … includes 118 games played by seventeen different chess engines from Kasparov’s matches with Deep Blue in 1996 and 1997 up to the 2010 world computer championship. … This is a book primarily for computer scientists but one that chess players are also likely to find of interest.” (ChessCafe, August, 2011)

Authors and Affiliations

  • , School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Monty Newborn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Beyond Deep Blue

  • Book Subtitle: Chess in the Stratosphere

  • Authors: Monty Newborn

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-341-1

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-85729-340-4Published: 07 April 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6073-1Published: 03 September 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-85729-341-1Published: 02 April 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 287

  • Topics: History of Computing, Artificial Intelligence

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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Hardcover Book USD 69.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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