Deep Blue Defeats Kasparov in Tournament Match (opens in new tab)

May 11, 1997 The IBM computer and artificial intelligence Deep Blue defeats reigning chess champion and one of the greatest chess players of all time, Garry Kasparov, in the 6th and deciding game of a tournament match, thus becoming the first time a computer defeated a chess champion in match play. A year earlier, Deep… Deep Blue Defeats Kasparov in Tournament Match is original content of This Day in Tech History.