1996 : Kasparov loses chess game to computer
On this day in 1996, after three hours, world chess champion Gary
Kasparov loses the first game of a six-game match against Deep Blue,
an IBM computer capable of evaluating 200 million moves per second.
Man was ultimately victorious over machine, however, as Kasparov
bested Deep Blue in the match with three wins and two ties and took
home the $400,000 prize. An estimated 6 million people worldwide
followed the action on the Internet.
Kasparov had previously defeated Deep Thought, the prototype for Deep
Blue developed by IBM researchers in 1989, but he and other chess
grandmasters had, on occasion, lost to computers in games that lasted
an hour or less. The February 1996 contest was significant in that it
represented the first time a human and a computer had duked it out in
a regulation, six-game match, in which each player had two hours to
make 40 moves, two hours to finish the next 20 moves and then another
60 minutes to wrap up the game.
Kasparov, who was born in 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan, became the Soviet
Union's junior chess champion at age 13 and in 1985, at age 22, the
youngest world champ ever when he beat legendary Soviet player Anatoly
Karpov. Considered by many to be the greatest chess player in the
history of the game, Kasparov was known for his swashbuckling style of
play and his ability to switch tactics mid-game.
In 1997, a rematch took place between Kasparov and an enhanced Deep
Blue. Kasparov won the first game, the computer the second, with the
next three games a draw. On May 11, 1997, Deep Blue came out on top
with a surprising sixth game win--and the $700,000 match prize.
In 2003, Kasparov battled another computer program, "Deep Junior." The
match ended in a tie. Kasparov retired from professional chess in
2005.
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General Interest
1996 : Kasparov loses chess game to computer
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihVideoCategory&id=52362
1763 : The French and Indian War ends
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1962 : Spies swapped
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1989 : Brown elected chairman of the Democratic Party
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On this day in 1996, after three hours, world chess champion Gary
Kasparov loses the first game of a six-game match against Deep Blue,
an IBM computer capable of evaluating 200 million moves per second.
Man was ultimately victorious over machine, however, as Kasparov
bested Deep Blue in the match with three wins and two ties and took
home the $400,000 prize. An estimated 6 million people worldwide
followed the action on the Internet.
Kasparov had previously defeated Deep Thought, the prototype for Deep
Blue developed by IBM researchers in 1989, but he and other chess
grandmasters had, on occasion, lost to computers in games that lasted
an hour or less. The February 1996 contest was significant in that it
represented the first time a human and a computer had duked it out in
a regulation, six-game match, in which each player had two hours to
make 40 moves, two hours to finish the next 20 moves and then another
60 minutes to wrap up the game.
Kasparov, who was born in 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan, became the Soviet
Union's junior chess champion at age 13 and in 1985, at age 22, the
youngest world champ ever when he beat legendary Soviet player Anatoly
Karpov. Considered by many to be the greatest chess player in the
history of the game, Kasparov was known for his swashbuckling style of
play and his ability to switch tactics mid-game.
In 1997, a rematch took place between Kasparov and an enhanced Deep
Blue. Kasparov won the first game, the computer the second, with the
next three games a draw. On May 11, 1997, Deep Blue came out on top
with a surprising sixth game win--and the $700,000 match prize.
In 2003, Kasparov battled another computer program, "Deep Junior." The
match ended in a tie. Kasparov retired from professional chess in
2005.
history.com/tdih.do
General Interest
1996 : Kasparov loses chess game to computer
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihVideoCategory&id=52362
1763 : The French and Indian War ends
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=4754
1962 : Spies swapped
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6803
1989 : Brown elected chairman of the Democratic Party
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=4755
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