# Mind vs. Machine

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- Authors: [Maurice Ashley](https://www.bookquiver.com/maurice-ashley), [Steve Sheinkin](https://www.bookquiver.com/steve-sheinkin)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2026-09-08

## Description

The hopes of humanity rest on the shoulders of one chess player in this true graphic novel about the epic chess match between a human and a super computer, by bestselling author Steve Sheinkin, Chess Grandmaster Maurice Ashley, and award-winning comics artist Thien Pham. It's May 1997 in Manhattan, New York. World champion Garry Kasparov is about to begin a six-game match against Deep Blue, the cutting-edge super computer developed by a team of visionaries at IBM. No machine has ever defeated a chess champion in a multi-game match. If it happens, it will be a major turning point in human history. It will be, as Newsweek declares on its cover, " the Brain's Last Stand." Will the human mind prevail? Or is this checkmate for humankind? Told through three-time National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin's gripping storytelling and first-hand accounts from Chess Grandmaster Maurice Ashley, with riveting illustrations by Eisner winner Thien Pham (Family Style: A Memoir), this nail-biting narrative captures the excitement and suspense of a classic sports showdown and explores thought-provoking themes about where humanity stands at the rise of AI. Don't miss these other exciting illustrated histories by Steve Sheinkin:* Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-the World's Most Dangerous Weapon, illustrated by Nick Bertozzi* Diamond Fever! A True Crime Story in the Wild West, illustrated by Jon Chad

## Editions

### Mind vs. Machine

- Publisher: Roaring Brook
- ISBN: 978-12-5033-477-0
- Published: 2026-09-08
- Language: en_US