In 1997, in New York, humans suffered an enormous blow to their chess ego when Deep Blue, a chess computer, outplayed Garry Kaspa-rov, a reigning world champion. The age of artificial intelligence (AI) had arrived.
Computers have transformed the way in which the game is played and understood. It is a truism that players from novices to grandmasters rely on technology for learning.
It has been recorded that way back in the 18th century attempts were made to create chess playing machines using technology. However, it wasn’t until the 20th century and the introduction of modern computing that progress was made.