Mind vs. Machine
Sheinkin, Steve; Ashley, Maurice; Pham, Thien
Language: English
Published by Roaring Brook Press, 2026
- Hardcover
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- Title
- Mind vs. Machine
- Author
- Sheinkin, Steve; Ashley, Maurice; Pham, Thien
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1250334772
- ISBN 13
- 9781250334770
- Illustrator
- Pham, Thien
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
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About the Author
Maurice Ashley is a chess grandmaster, a three time national championship coach, an author, and a world-renowned commentator for some of the game’s biggest matches. In 1999, he earned the title of grandmaster, making him the first African American in chess history to do so, and in 2016 he was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame. He lives in Florida.
Thien Pham is a graphic novelist and educator based in Oakland, CA. He is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel Sumo and the illustrator for the middle-grade graphic novel Level Up, written by Gene Luen Yang. His graphic novel, Family Style, a memoir about his family's immigration to America told through the lens of food, has been on numerous best-of lists including the Washington Post’s “Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2023” and Publishers Weekly's “20 Books We Love.” Family Style was a finalist for the ALA YALSA Excellence in Non-Fiction and won an Eisner award for Best Memoir Graphic Novel. Currently, Pham is working on his next graphic novel, teaching, and eating. A lot. Follow Thien on Instagram.
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