Deep Blue defeated Kasparov in 1997 – a milestone in chess history

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Deep Blue introduced Kasparov to a new world of chess in 1997. After Kasparov's victory against an earlier version in 1996, IBM heavily upgraded the computer and, with great media hype, sent it into six games against the world champion. Kasparov initially won, but then lost the second game after a game of computer chess that was disturbingly mature for him and later lost the competition despite three draws in the final. He then explained his exhaustion while IBM took advantage of its prestige success and shut down Deep Blue. The article ultimately shows that Deep Blue did not yet learn on its own and only mastered chess superhumanly on its own in Alpha Zero in 2017.

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Is it 85 kilograms? Or 87? It is not known what the world chess champion Garry Kasparov weighed when he played his first game on the afternoon of May 3, 1997 at the Equitable Center in Manhattan against an opponent whose fighting weight was no secret. Deep Blue, the strongest chess machine ever built, weighs 1,270 kilograms. The electrons shoot through his circuit boards, condensing into flashes of genius - at least that's what the IBM company hopes, which has offered $1.1 million in prize money for the duel between its machine and the best player.