Deep Blue Computer Chess Software
During early years, people used to live simple. However, this simple way of living is quite hard especially when it comes to technology. But then, because of the human’s product of intelligence, computers had been invented. Since then, the traditional way of living has been changed. It’s because computers made the job fast and easy. Before, people used to communicate using mails and telegrams. But these days, it is not impossible to connect with friends and relatives using emails and chat boxes.
Aside from communication, there are many other things that you can opt to do using computers. With the unstoppable enhancements in the internet today, people can easily shop online, work online and play online. These days, more and more people are fond of playing online games. Among these online games, chess games are said to be popular. Despite the fact that the game chess is challenging, modern technology creates way to make the game more fun and exciting. So, it is not a surprise that many chess fanatics find it really interesting. These include incredible graphics, sounds, tutorials and special effects.
When it comes to playing the game of chess, computers are said to be no much against humans. This is due to the fact that computers are only product of human imagination. But then, everyone was surprised when a super programmed Deep Blue computer chess software won against a world grandmaster in a real chess match. Would you believe computer can? Of course the answer is YES!
Deep blue was a highly programmed chess-playing computer developed by IBM. On the exact date of February 10, 1996, this machine won 6-game match against the world champion Garry Kasparov. In his surprise, he accused the said machine for cheating and suggested for a rematch. Because of that, IBM declined and reassembled Deep Blue. A year after, Kasparov won against the reprogrammed-machine by a score of 4-2. Deep Blue was started as a “Chip Test” at Mellon University. After the graduation, Anantharaman and Campbell were hired by the IBM to continue the research on building Chess software. During that time, the machine was named as Deep Thought. After the victory against Kasparov, the machine’s name was changed into “Deep Blue”
So how was a machine won against the great world chess champion? The only answer to this question is the computer’s computing ability. The system used in the machine contains 30 nodes that can able to work for 480 purposes. Each node comprises 120 GHz. The memory used in the system was 4GB which was more than enough to calculate millions of chess moves.
These days, there are many other computer chess games to choose. The good news is that, you are free to choose either a human opponent or the computer itself. There are also game tutorials available for beginners. These include demos, book of chess opening and advanced tactics in the game. Winning the game against the computer is actually very easy. At first, you will find it a bit hard. But then, as you keep on playing and using all the things you’ve learn about the game chess, it is no longer impossible to beat a machine in a chess match.
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December 30th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
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