This was the sixth and final game of their match, which Kasparov lost two games to one, with three draws.Kasparov, a chess prodigy from Azerbaijan, was a skillful chess player from childhood.At 21, Kasparov played Anatoly Karpov for the world title, but the 49-game match ended indecisively.The next year, Kasparov beat Karpov to become the youngest world champion in history.
![]() With a FIDE (Federation International des Echecs) score of 2800, and a streak of 12 world chess titles in a row, Kasparov was considered the greatest chess player in history going into his match with Deep Blue. Chess-playing computers had existed since the 1950s, but they initially saw little success against accomplished human players. That changed in 1985, when Carnegie Mellon doctoral student Feng-hsing Hsu developed a chess-playing computer named Chiptest that was designed to play chess at a higher level than its predecessors. Hsu and a classmate went to work for IBM, and in 1989 they were part of a team led by developer C.J. Tan that was charged with creating a computer capable of competing against the best chess players in the world. The resulting supercomputer, dubbed Deep Blue, could calculate many as 100 billion to 200 billion moves in the three minutes traditionally allotted to a player per move in standard chess. The grandmaster was known for his unpredictable play, and he was able to defeat the computer by switching strategies mid-game. In 1997, Kasparov abandoned his swashbuckling style, taking more of a wait-and-see approach; this played in the computers favor and is commonly pointed to as the reason for his defeat. Deep Blue traded its bishop and rook for Kasparovs queen, after sacrificing a knight to gain position on the board. The position left Kasparov defensive, but not helpless, and though he still had a playable position, Kasparov resignedthe first time in his career that he had conceded defeat. Grandmaster John Fedorowicz later gave voice to the chess communitys shock at Kasparovs loss: Everybody was surprised that he resigned because it didnt seem lost. Citation Information Article Title Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess match Author History.com Editors Website Name HISTORY URL Access Date Publisher AE Television Networks Last Updated May 8, 2020 Original Published Date November 16, 2009 By History.com Editors FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. But if you see something that doesnt look right, click here to contact us HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate. ALSO ON THIS DAY 19th Century 1858 Minnesota enters the Union Minnesota enters the Union as the 32nd state on May 11, 1858. Known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Minnesota is the northern terminus of the Mississippi Rivers traffic and the westernmost point of the inland waterway that extends through the Great Lakes and the St. Deep Blue Beats Kasparov Trial In LyonLawrence.read more World War II 1987 Butcher of Lyon, former Nazi Gestapo chief, charged with war crimes Klaus Barbie, the former Nazi Gestapo chief of German-occupied Lyon, France, goes on trial in Lyon more than four decades after the end of World War II. As chief of Nazi Germanys secret police in Lyon, Barbie sent 7,500 French.read more Crime 1812 British prime minister Spencer Perceval assassinated In London, Spencer Perceval, prime minister of Britain since 1809, is shot to death by deranged businessman John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons. Bellingham, who was inflamed by his failure to obtain government compensation for war debts incurred in Russia, gave.read more Natural Disasters Environment 1934 Dust storm sweeps from Great Plains across Eastern states On May 11, 1934, a massive storm sends millions of tons of topsoil flying from across the parched Great Plains region of the United States as far east as New York, Boston and Atlanta. At the time the Great Plains were settled in the mid-1800s, the land was covered by prairie.read more World War I 1919 Germans prepare to protest Versailles Treaty terms During the second week of May 1919, the recently arrived German delegation to the Versailles Peace Conference, convened in Paris after the end of the First World War, pore over their copies of the Treaty of Versailles, drawn up in the months preceding by representatives of their.read more Vietnam War 1961 President Kennedy orders more troops to South Vietnam President Kennedy approves sending 400 Special Forces troops and 100 other U.S. South Vietnam. On the same day, he orders the start of clandestine warfare against North Vietnam to be conducted by South Vietnamese agents under the direction and training of the.read more Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. Sign Up Vietnam War 1969 Bloody 10-day battle at Hamburger Hill begins Hamburger Hill was the scene of an intense and controversial battle during the Vietnam War. The wooden roof that burned was scheduled to be replaced by a steel roof later that same week.
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