Mind vs. Machine

A high-stakes childrens nonfiction graphic novel about the legendary chess match between World Champion Garry Kasparov and IBM’s Deep Blue computer, co-authored by Steve Sheinkin and Chess Grandmaster Maurice Ashley and illustrated by Thien Pham The hopes of humanity rest on the shoulders of one chess player. Its May 1997, in Manhattan, New York. World champion Garry Kasparov is about to begin a six-game match against Deep Blue, the cutting-edge supercomputer developed by IBM, led by Feng-Hsiung Hsu. No machine has ever defeated a chess champion in a multi-game match. If it happens, it will be a major turning point in human history. This is, as Newsweek declares on its cover, The Brains Last Stand. Will the human mind prevail? Or is this checkmate for humankind? Told through the three-time National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin’s searingly propulsive storytelling and first-hand accounts from chess Grandmaster Maurice Ashley, with riveting i