The former world chess champion who played, and lost, against Deep Blue, a supercomputer, in 1997 discusses why he thinks humans should embrace the competition between themselves and machine intelligence.

"Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in the history of technology. It was the dawn of a new era in artificial intelligence: a machine capable of beating the reigning human champion at the most cerebral game ... Kasparov reveals his astonishing side of the story for the first time"--Dust jacket flap.

The brain game -- Rise of the chess machines -- Human versus machine -- What matters to a machine? -- What makes a mind -- Into the arena -- The deep end -- Deeper blue -- The board is in flames! -- The holy grail -- Human plus machine -- Conclusion: onward and upward.