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11th May 1997: IBM’s chess computer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov to become the first computer to defeat a reigning world chess champion under tournament conditions

11th May 2022
Tagged as: America, Chess, Computer, Computing, Culture, Game, Invention, Russia, Science, Technology

Ranked as the 259^th most powerful computer in the world, Deep Blue was able to evaluate 200 million separate chess positions per second.

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11th May 1997: Deep Blue chess computer beats Garry Kasparov

11th May 2020
Tagged as: Chess, Computing, Russia, Science, Sport, Technology, USA

On the 11^th May 1997, the IBM computer Deep Blue became the first computer to defeat a reigning world chess champion under tournament conditions when it beat Garry Kasparov 3½-2½ over six matches.

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11th May 1997: IBM’s chess computer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov to become the first computer to defeat a reigning world chess champion under tournament conditions

11th May 1997: Deep Blue chess computer beats Garry Kasparov

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