Deep Blue Wins: AI Defeats Chess Champion
The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue crushes Garry Kasparov in a historic chess match, shattering the belief that human intuition could never be outmaneuvered by machine calculation. This defeat forces the global chess community to confront a new reality where artificial intelligence can master complex strategic games, fundamentally altering how humanity perceives its own intellectual dominance.
February 10, 1996
30 years ago
Key Figures & Places
IBM
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IBM Deep Blue
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Garry Kasparov
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IBM
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Deep Blue (chess computer)
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Garry Kasparov
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Chess
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Matchs Deep Blue contre Kasparov
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Deep Blue – Kasparow, Philadelphia 1996, 1. Wettkampfpartie
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Schachcomputer
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Schachweltmeisterschaft 1910 (Lasker–Schlechter)
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Emanuel Lasker
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Schachweltmeister
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Carl Schlechter
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