Everett Public Library Podcasts

Everett Public Library Podcasts


"Deep Thinking," by Garry Kasparov

March 10, 2020

Garry Kasparov, one of the strongest world chess champions of all time, also grew into his prime during the rise of computer chess-playing programs. This is Kasparov's story of the evolution of these programs, including his 1997 loss to the IBM-funded Deep Blue, a dedicated chess-playing supercomputer able to analyze 200 million positions per second.      Music: Petak 13Friday13, by Tomo Sombolac