What is a dissident? In an autocracy, standing against the rulers could mean harassment, prison, torture, even death.

As the mini-series revisits the iconic 1997 showdown between man and machine, Christian Cooke reflects on embodying Garry ...

A series dramatizes the 1997 chess match between a world champion and an IBM computer, a precursor of modern anxieties about ...

It is this Kasparov vs Deep Blue battle — famously called ‘The Brain’s Last Stand’ by a magazine on its cover back in 1997 — ...

Garry Kasparov: The last moment the Russian opposition had a chance to change things was back in 2011-2012 after Putin returned to power. Unfortunately, we couldn't generate enough momentum with ...

Kasparov lost this match in just 19 moves giving overall victory to Deep Blue with a score of 2.5-3.5. / AFP / STAN HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images) ...

Admittedly rattled by Deep Blue's performance, Kasparov lost the game -- and the match -- to Deep Blue. In defeat, he suggested IBM had secretly used human experts to second-guess the computer.

Kasparov needed to beat Kramnik in the final two games if he was to hang on to his title. Chess enthusiasts knew that would take a miracle given the way Kasparov had been playing.

LISBON, Portugal — Garry Kasparov knew as early as 1997 — 20 years ago — that humans were doomed, he says. It was in May of that year, in New York, that he lost a six-game chess match to IBM ...

Kasparov, dubbed the world ’ s most feared chess player, accepted his defeat with grace. “ I was not outplayed at the board but was completely out prepared, ” Kasparov said.

LONDON, Nov. 2 -- Russia's Vladimir Kramnik, a lean and hungry 25-year-old known as "Supernerd," became the new world champion of chess tonight in a stunning upset of Garry Kasparov, the ...