This Day in History: Kasparov Loses Chess Game to Computer (Saturday, Feb. 10)
This Day in History: , Kasparov Loses Chess Game to Computer.
February 10, 1996.
World chess champion Garry Kasparov
faced IBM computer Deep Blue
for a six-game match.
After three hours,
Kasparov forfeited
game one.
It was the first time a computer had beaten a
human in a regulation, six-game match.
As an estimated six million people watched on the internet. Kasparov would ultimately win the match, defeating Deep Blue by a score of 4–2.
He took home the
$400,000 prize money.
A year later, Deep Blue would be the victor,
besting Kasparov for the $700,000 match prize
February 10, 1996.
World chess champion Garry Kasparov
faced IBM computer Deep Blue
for a six-game match.
After three hours,
Kasparov forfeited
game one.
It was the first time a computer had beaten a
human in a regulation, six-game match.
As an estimated six million people watched on the internet. Kasparov would ultimately win the match, defeating Deep Blue by a score of 4–2.
He took home the
$400,000 prize money.
A year later, Deep Blue would be the victor,
besting Kasparov for the $700,000 match prize
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