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This Happened — February 10: Kasparov v. I.BM. Deep Blue

Updated Feb. 10, 2024 at 1:45 pm On this day in 1996, Russian Chess Grandmaster Kasparov lost his first chess game to IBM’s chess computer Deep Blue. How did Chess Grandmaster Kasparov react to losing against a computer? Kasparov initially expressed disappointment and frustration with the loss, but later said he was impressed by the […]

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