Deep Blue defeats Kasparov

Name: Deep Blue defeats Kasparov
Start: 1997-05-11
End: 1997-05-11

Engraving of IBM Deep Blue at Computer History Museum — Engraving after a photograph by Anton Chiang from Cupertino, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 (licence), via Wikimedia Commons. Redrawn and re-inked for iown.si.

IBM’s Deep Blue wins the deciding sixth game of a rematch against world chess champion Garry Kasparov, the first match win by a computer over a reigning champion.

Date confidence: high

Sources

Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov, Wikipedia secondary

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