computer chess

Silicon board game

Computer chess is chess played by or against a computer program.

The field emerged as a testing ground for artificial intelligence, with machines eventually surpassing human capability—IBM's Deep Blue defeated world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997.

Today computer chess engines like Stockfish serve as training tools, game analyzers, and opponents at any skill level.

Related

video game · neural networks · algorithm · artificial intelligence · heuristics · electronic game · world championships · time control · Kasparov · man vs machine · Fritz · chaturanga · gamer · gambits · prophylaxis · symbolic logic · search algorithms · en passant

Opposites
player type

computer chessclassical chess

Traditional slow-paced chess format

blindfold chess

Family

computer, chess, compute, computers, computing, computed, computable, computation, computational

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G