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Limits RegistryIBM's Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in a six-game match held in New York in May 1997, scoring two wins, one loss, and three draws. Deep Blue was a purpose-built chess supercomputer capable of evaluating roughly 200 million chess positions per second using specialized chess hardware. The match remains a landmark, widely cited milestone in the public perception of AI capability.
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IBM's Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in a six-game match held in New York in May 1997, scoring two wins, one loss, and three draws. Deep Blue was a purpose-built chess supercomputer capable of evaluating roughly 200 million chess positions per second using specialized chess hardware. The match remains a landmark, widely cited milestone in the public perception of AI capability.
In a six-game rematch under standard tournament time controls, IBM's Deep Blue defeated reigning World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov 3.5-2.5, the first time a computer had beaten a sitting world champion in a full match under normal conditions.
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Limits Registry. LR-DEEP-BLUE-KASPAROV. Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov. 2026.