Chess has captured the imagination of humans for centuries due to its strategic beauty—an objective, board-based testament to the power of mortal intuition. Twenty-five years ago Wednesday, though, ...

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The deciding game Friday between chess legend Garry Kasparov and computer Deep Junior ended in a draw. The result meant that the six-game series pitting man against machine ended in a 3-3 deadlock.

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Oliver Roeder is a journalist, author and games player. He is a former senior writer for FiveThirtyEight, where he covered the World Chess Championship and other gaming pursuits. The following is ...