Deep Blue (chess computer)
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Deep Blue was a customized IBM RS/6000 SP supercomputer for chess-playing designed by computer scientist Feng-hsiung Hsu. It was the first computer to win a game, and the first to win a match, against
A computer similar to Deep Blue at the Computer History Museum
One of Deep Blue's processors
Garry Kasparov
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Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, political activist and writer, who was the World Chess Champion from 1985 to 2000. His peak FIDE chess rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the
Deep Blue (chess computer)
…It then moved to IBM, where it was first renamed Deep Thought, then again in 1989 to Deep Blue. In 1996, it was used to compete against world champion Garry Kasparov in a six-game match, where it won one, drew two, and lost three games. In 1997, it underwent an upgrade, and in a six-game rematch it defeated Kasparov…
Kasparov in 2015
Kasparov at age 11, Vilnius, 1974
Kasparov at World Junior Championship victory ceremony, Dortmund, 1980
Kasparov after winning the FIDE World Championship title in 1985