Computer History Museum
End Game: The History of Computer Chess - Mountain View, CA

In 1770, diplomat and inventor, Wolfgang von Kempelen built a chess-playing machine called The Turk and presented it to the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria-Hungary. The Turk traveled to public fairs and royal courts alike for the next eighty-five years, playing such well known figures as Charles Babbage, Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin.

In 1997, another man-made chess machine, a computer called Deep Blue defeated the best chess player in the world. This is an exhibit that spans the history and technology in the development of computers that can play chess.