Game Theory — The Minimax Algorithm Explained

In 1997, a computer named “Deep Blue” defeated reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov — a defining moment in the history of AI theory.

But the great minds behind the chess computer problem had started publishing in the subject nearly 6 decades earlier. Known as the father of modern computer science, Alan Turing is credited with provoking the investigation dating all the way back to the 1940’s.