A New Era by Michael Khodarkovsky - September 1997

Ballantine Books, 1997. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group, 1997. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Ballantine Books, 1997-09-30. Paperback. Very Good. 0.6000 7.9000 5.5000.

New York: Ballantine Books. 1997. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. F First Edition Stated. Paperback. Very Good+.

Ballantine Books. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

x+293 pages with diagrams, plates and appendixes. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Foreword by Garry Kasparov. First edition. In 1995, shortly before he was to play IBM's Deep Blue, World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov defeated challenger Viswanathan Anand in eighteen demanding and gripping games. Here for the first time are move-by-move analyses by International Grandmaster Leonid Shamkovich and by Master--and Kasparov second--Michael Khodarkovsky which provide insight into the mind of the world champion as he prepared for the match against Deep Blue. Garry Kasparov handily won his first match with Deep Blue, but it is clear from Khodarkovsky's description that even in 1996 the massively parallel computer could be a difficult opponent. Then, before the spring 1997 rematch, the IBM team let on that it had improved Deep Blue considerably and that it was spoiling for a fight . . . The analysis of these games in A New Era shows just how much IBM has improved the… Read More

New York: Ballantine, 1997. Paperback. Near Fine. Discussion of the contest between Garry Kasparov and the IBM computer Deep Blue. commentary by Khoddarkovsky and Shamkovich, new revelations of controversial rematch policies. 289 pages.; 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 ''.

Ballantine Books, 1997 SOFT COVER IN NEAR FINE CONDITION. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine.