$137.50. That's how much it costs today to buy the home version of the Deep Fritz chess software that beat world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik in a match last year. What a difference a decade makes. This week marks the 10th anniversary of the first time a computer bested a reigning world chess champ. That feat cost Armonk-based IBM Corp. about $5 million. The face-off between IBM's Deep Blue and Garry Kasparov in ...
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