Kasparov versus Deep Blue 1996

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Kasparov versus Deep Blue 1996, also dubbed the ACM Chess Challenge of Garry Kasparov versus Deep Blue took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from February 10 to 17, 1996. Kasparov, after the 1993 FIDE split PCA world chess champion, won the match with 4–2, losing game one, the first win of a chess computer against a reigning world champion under regular time controls, winning three and drawing in two games. Already in January 1996, the PCA announced that it had lost its main sponsor Intel partly due to Kasparov's choice to play this match versus the IBM supercomputer.

=Photos & Games= Garry Kasparov, Game 6

View the 12 games from 1996 and 1997 with eval on Lichess.org

[Event "Kasparov versus Deep Blue Match"] [Site "Philadelphia USA"] [Date "1996.02.17"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Garry Kasparov"] [Black "Deep Blue"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.e3 c5 6.b3 Nc6 7.Bb2 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.Rc1 0-0 10.Bd3 Bd7 11.0-0 Nh5 12.Re1 Nf4 13.Bb1 Bd6 14.g3 Ng6 15.Ne5 Rc8 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.Nf3 Bb4 18.Re3 Rfd8 19.h4 Nge7 20.a3 Ba5 21.b4 Bc7 22.c5 Re8 23.Qd3 g6 24.Re2 Nf5 25.Bc3 h5 26.b5 Nce7 27.Bd2 Kg7 28.a4 Ra8 29.a5 a6 30.b6 Bb8 31.Bc2 Nc6 32.Ba4 Re7 33.Bc3 Ne5 34.dxe5 Qxa4 35.Nd4 Nxd4 36.Qxd4 Qd7 37.Bd2 Re8 38.Bg5 Rc8 39.Bf6+ Kh7 40.c6 bxc6 41.Qc5 Kh6 42.Rb2 Qb7 43.Rb4 1–0 20.Bh7?
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=See also=
 * Kasparov versus Deep Thought 1989
 * Kasparov versus Deep Blue 1997
 * Deep Blue | Down the Rabbit Hole Video

=Selected Publications=
 * Brian Sheppard (1996). Deep Blue vs. Kasparov - Betting on the Human. Computer Chess Reports, Vol. 5, No. 3+4, pp. 41
 * Tony Marsland (1996). The ACM Chess Challenge. pdf from the The Computer History Museum, Courtesy of ACM
 * Tony Marsland (1996). The Future of Computer Chess. ICCA Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1
 * Jos Uiterwijk (1996). The Kasparov - Deep Blue Match. ICCA Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1
 * Yasser Seirawan (1996). The Kasparov - Deep Blue Games. ICCA Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1
 * Hans Berliner (1996). Why did Kasparov Blink? ICCA Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2
 * Toshinori Munakata (1996). Thoughts on Deep Blue vs. Kasparov. Communications of the ACM, Vol. 39, No. 7, pdf
 * Monroe Newborn (1997). Kasparov versus Deep Blue: Computer Chess Comes of Age. Springer

=Forum Posts=
 * Kasparov/Deep Blue - Place Your Bets by Graham Laight, rgcc, January 30, 1996
 * Kasparov-Deep Blue (Knight-Ridder story) by Dave Beachley, rgcc, February 18, 1996
 * Kasparov - Deep Blue, GAME6 analysed with Rebel 7.0 by Ed Schroder, rgcc, February 19, 1996
 * Why did Kasparov blink? by Tom King, rgcc, March 22, 1999 (Game 6 not 5)
 * Deep Blue vs Kasparov, Game 6 , 1996 - Annotated with test position by Mike Byrne, CCC, May 30, 2004
 * New Pictures from Kasparov vs. Deep Blue by Steve Maughan, CCC, February 10, 2016

=External Links=
 * Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov - The 1996 match - Wikipedia
 * Challenging the World Champion | Mastering the Game The Computer History Museum
 * Deep Blue versus Kasparov, 1996, Game 1 - Wikipedia
 * Kasparov vs Deep Blue from chessgames.com
 * Deep Blue (Computer) vs Garry Kasparov (1996) "Sacre Blue!"


 * 20 years ago, a computer first beat a chess world champion - 1996-1997 The Kasparov-Deep Blue chess matches by Alex Q. Arbuckle, February 10, 2016
 * 25 years ago: Deep Blue beats Kasparov by André Schulz, ChessBase News, February 11, 2021
 * Garry Kasparov vs Deep Blue 1996 Game 1, by Daniel King, May 27, 2016, YouTube Video

=References= Up one Level