[Photo: Patrick McCabe] Playing chess with a computer program is often the best way to challenge yourself as a player when you don’t have a partner to play with. Unfortunately, playing chess on ...

Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov announced this week that he will play his first public match against a computer since his stunning loss to IBM's Deep Blue machine five years ago. The ...

Chess enthusiasts watch Garry Kasparov on a television monitor at the start of the sixth and final match against IBM’s Deep Blue computer in New York on May 11, 1997. Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images ...