On this day in 1997: IBM’s chess-playing computer Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov
On May 11, 1997, the chess world witnessed a watershed moment when IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue defeated world chess champion ...
Tag: Chess
On this day in 1996: Kasparov versus the computer “Deep Blue” chess match
In 1996, IBM's Deep Blue first faced Garry Kasparov in Philadelphia for a six-game match that had a very different ...
On this day in 2008: Bobby Fischer, who became the youngest grandmaster in history when he received the title in 1958, died at age 64
Bobby Fischer, born on March 9, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois, is widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players ...