Deep Junior wins seventh World Computer Chess Championship

Israeli chess program check-mates the masters
12 Jul 2012
Deep Junior just won its seventh World Computer Chess Championship. Even the famous Garry Kasparov was no match for this smart program
By David Halevi
It was called “the most spectacular chess event in history.” But according to the man who played the machine – chess champ Garry Kasparov, who played and lost to IBM's Deep Blue chess computer in 1997 -- that experience paled when compared to another match he played in 2003 against the Israeli-developed Deep Junior chess program.
Deep Junior continues to rack up victories, mowing down the chess competition -- human and binary. In November 2011, the program racked up its seventh World Computer Chess Championship award, presented by the International Computer Games Association.
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