Past Exhibits

Mastering the Game: A History of Computer Chess

ON EXHIBIT SUMMER 2005−SPRING 2012

Humans have played chess for nearly a thousand years. While chess is relatively easy to learn, to master the game has long been considered a demonstration of intellectual greatness. This 1,000-square-foot exhibit follows a five-decade-long chronological plan, from the theoretical foundations developed by such computing pioneers as Alan Turing and Claude Shannon, to the development of PC chess software and the drama of IBM’s chess-playing supercomputer, Deep Blue. 

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