A "chess grandmaster" refers to a highly skilled and accomplished chess player who is considered one of the best in the world. They have mastered the game and are able to make strategic and intelligent moves to win against opponents. Full definition
The bulk of the dissent, however, was reserved for the cover story «The Expert Mind,» by Philip E. Ross, which suggested that studies of the development of chess grandmasters» mental processes may reveal how expertise in all fields is fostered. (scientificamerican.com)
IBM's Deep Blue computer beat chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov almost 20 years ago, and IBM's Watson bested the human champions of Jeopardy in 2011. (slaw.ca)
Deep Blue, the IBM program that beat chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in 1997, and Watson, the IBM system that bested Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in the quiz show Jeopardy, were highly specialized collections of algorithms carefully handcrafted to their particular problem domain. (scientificamerican.com)