Kasparov and Deep Blue: The Historic Chess Match Between Man and Machine

While I don't really care for the annotation by the author,the games are on other pages without the beginners annotation, so I would still give her 5 stars because thats all I wanted in the first place.

A great chess book. Pandolfini explains each move of every game in terms that an inexperienced chess player can understand.

Bruce wrote this book to capitalize on the publicity surrounding the Man vs. Machine match. I have no problem with that. It was certainly front-page news in the late 90s. But apparently he (or the publisher) was uncertain about the book's possible audience. On one hand, it's clearly for non chess players (witness the three-page-long How to Read Chess Moves, not to mention the boxed comments found throughout; e.g., a pinned piece can't run away; even the following gem which appears as late as page 153: "The tricky but timely castling move, where you get to move two pieces on the same turn, and it's not considered cheating."). On the other hand, I'm not sure that even beginner chess players would want the move-by-move analysis which is provided for the six games. I don't think it's a bad book, but trying to appeal to multiple crowds may not be a winnable scenario.Also missing was some historical background on chess-playing computers, or even on GM Kasparov for that matter. And while I imagine most people know the outcome, the review blurb at the top of the front cover constitutes a blatant spoiler.

At first I planned to buy this book and Keene's book on the first match. Somehow I could not get myself to buy them. Then after reading all the reviews for this book, I agreed with most of the comments.1) For a book of six annotated games, the full retail price is too high.2) Some reviewers said the book is too shallow. When I read this book the fourth time at a library, I liked and enjoyed it. Lots of explaination. Now after reading the reviews here I agree that Pando's analyses are one-dimensional and not deep enough, like Nunn's or Yermo's. (Thank you, other reviewers, for pointing out that my chess experience is shallow as well; and help me to save $$$. Lots of chess to learn for me.)This book is good as a teaching tool for 1400's, the price is not reasonable. Used book's price is a better investment. $9.99 is a reasonable price for a new one. Used ones, get the best price as you can here...

This book contains the complete games of both Kasparov-Deep Blue matches in a compact and affordable volume, which makes it a good value for its price for anybody interested in these matches. Pandolfini does a reasonable job picking positions to diagram. However, at least to me as a reasonably experienced, if mediocre, chess player, the author's analysis was entirely worthless.Clearly, Pandolfiini's intention was to use this high profile match to teach some general principles of chess to an inexperienced public. I'm not sure this is a viable strategy, given at what high level the games were played, but there is nothing wrong with the principles the author teaches. However, In his attempt to cater to the chess novice, Pandolfini goes overboard in avoiding the discussion of any but the most obvious lines. As a result, the somewhat more experienced reader is left without help to the somewhat less obvious questions.As a glaring example of this, it would have been well worth a discussion, giving specific lines, why the black position at the end of game 6 is indeed lost. Instead, Pandolfiini just states some generalities ("Time to buy IBM stock").Furthermore, the book is utterly disappointing in its failure to provide any substantial information at all about the technology behind Deep Blue, instead of the clichés that the author seems to find amusing.

This book seems like the work of a couple of afternoons in front of a word processor by someone keen to cash in on the popularity of the match. There is no background information to speak of the games are given with only shallow and in many cases inaccurate notes. Try ANY of the other books on this match, they are better.

Bruce Pandolfini does an excellent job taking you step-by-step through the games between Kasparov and Deep Blue. He has a good comment explaining just about every move.This is a great book for the beginner or intermediate player. It shows what goes on in a Grandmaster's mind when playing.I wish he wrote more about Deep Blue itself, but he actually said very little about it.

This is one of my favorite chess books. Pandolfini gives a move by move account of all six games of the match. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who appreciates overly-annotated chess games. Pandolfini gives explanation to nearly every move, even the first few moves of openings, which I admit may be too elementary for advanced players, but could be appreciated the novice for the detail. The notation is good, typesetting is pleasing to the eye, and pictures are used at critical junctures. Pandolfini also does a nice job at inserting extra tid-bits of interesting information now and then relative to the topic at hand.

El libro que pedí hace ya varias semanas no me llegó, lo único que recibí fue un escáner para auto. Me gustaría saber si me regresaran mi dinero o me enviarán el libro

Um dos piores livros de cobertura de eventos que já vi