Computer chess sms api really came into its own in February 1996 when
legendary Chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov played a six-game match in
Philadelphia against IBM Chess software nicknamed “Deep Blue”. Although
he declared his 4-2 score a “win for mankind”, he also admitted that it
was the most difficult tournament of his career.
IBM, sporting their next generation of chess software named “Deeper Blue”
demands a rematch which in played in May of 1997 in New York. The chess
software puts a whuppin on Kasparov and defeats him 3.5-2.5.
Fortunately or unfortunately, depending upon your point of view, IBM
didn’t sell their chess software and the industry kind of went to sleep
for a while. Well, it wasn’t really sleeping, big things were going on
behind the scenes. And that’s great news for us chess software geeks!
The availability of chess software has exploded since the days of Deep
Blue. Now you can run chess software on all of the popular computer
operating systems including Windows, MAC, Linux, Unix, and the Palm. You
have choices when it comes to the categories or functions of chess
software as well.
Chess software in this category is designed to improve visualization and move
calculation skills in Chess. These are basic essential skills that need
to be honed in order to move from being an amature to a master.