Ages 6-8 - 24 pages, 1617 words | 14 minutes of reading | © Kilowatt, 2023, for the 1st publication - all rights reserved
Ally’s mother, who has been working in Paris for a while, is deeply missed. Fortunately, Ally visits her grandparents every weekend—until one day, she discovers a treasure in their garden: a chess piece!
Her grandfather, delighted to find a new opponent, teaches her all the basic rules. Ally becomes passionate about this demanding game, its techniques, and strategies... Just as she begins to dream of becoming a chess champion, something incredible happens: the greatest grandmaster of all time, Garry Kasparov, accepts a challenge from the company International Business Machines (IBM). He faced off against the supercomputer Deep Blue in February 1996 and defeated it after six games.
This achievement brought renewed attention to the work of researchers in artificial intelligence.
Six informational pages provide more insights into the history of chess and artificial intelligence, completing this album.
“Un jour ailleurs” is a series of stories designed to help children explore major events of the 20th century in an accessible, age-appropriate way.