It was the first time a computer program had ever beaten a reigning chess world champion under classic tournament rules, where players have hours to plan their strategies.
The computer, playing with the advantage of the white pieces, forced the Russian to resign on the 37th move after surrounding his king. Garry Kasparov, for many still the all-time No1, made a rare cameo comeback at the weekend, but it ended in disaster at Zagreb in the blitz section of the St Louis-organised Grand Tour. The Russian’s 19 man vs machine matches against Deep Blue, an IBM RS/6000 supercomputer capable of crunching 200 million positions in the space of a second, wrote headlines around the world.Īlthough Kasparov won the February 1996 match in Philadelphia, his faceless foe took the opening game in a watershed moment for artificial intelligence and 20th century technology. Octavian Report: Where do you see American politics headed in the near term Garry Kasparov: I have a strong feeling that after this election cycle. The Russian grandmaster, who won game one May 3, will play six games against Deep Blue in a rematch of their first contest in 1996, New York, U.S. The 13th World Champion, Garry Kasparov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, and by the age of seven was recognized as a chess prodigy. born on the 13th April 1963, was the 13th world champion in the history of chess (according to the FIDE version from 1985-1993 whereas it was generally acknowledged that he was such till 2000). FILE PHOTO: Born on April 13, 1963: Garry Kasparov, Russian Chess Grandmaster World chess champion Garry Kasparov plays his first move of game two of the match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue. Join GM Simon Williams as he breaks down the best moves from Garry Kasparov, former world chess champion, and who many consider to be the best of all time.