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Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
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Chess-playing computer made by IBM
Deep Blue was a customized IBM RS/6000 SP supercomputer for chess-playing. It was the first computer to win a game, and the first to win a match, against a reigning world champion under regular time controls. Development began in 1985 at Carnegie Mellon University under the name…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Garry Kasparov
Russian chess grandmaster (born 1963)
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Deep Blue versus Kasparov, 1997, Game 6
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Game 6 of the Deep Blue–Kasparov rematch, played in New York City on 11 May 1997 and starting at 3:00 p.m. EDT, was the final chess game in the 1997 rematch between Deep Blue and Garry Kasparov.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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