computer chess
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artificial intelligence
“Chessmaster”
- In Chessmaster
…of electronic games for playing chess against a computer; it was originally released in 1986 by the Software Toolworks, which was acquired by the Learning Company. Chessmaster featured extremely competitive artificial intelligence engines—with later versions named “the King”—that challenged all but the most skilled of players and helped bring the…
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development
- In chess: Computer chess
Computers began to compete against humans in the late 1960s. In February 1967 MacHack VI, a program written by Richard Greenblatt, an MIT undergraduate, drew one game and lost four in a U.S. Chess Federation tournament. Its results improved markedly, from a performance…
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supercomputer application
- In supercomputer: Historical development
…successor (now with 256 custom chess processors) defeated Kasparov in a six-game return match in May 1997.
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