Kasparov defeats chess-playing computer
In the final game of a six-game match world chess champion Garry Kasparov triumphs over Deep Blue IBMs chess-playing computer and wins the match 4-2.However Deep Blue goes on to defeat Kasparov in a heavily publicized rematch the following year.Garry Kasparov considered one of the greatest players in the history of chess was born April 13 1963 in the Russian republic of Azerbaijan.In 1985 at 22 Kasparov became the youngest world champion in history when he defeated Anatoly Karpov.Deep Blues origins trace back to 1985 when Carnegie Mellon University doctoral student Feng Hsiung Hsu began developing a chess-playing computer called ChipTest.
The computer later became known as Deep Thought after a machine in the science-fiction novel The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.Hsu and his collaborators Murray Campbell and Thomas Anantharaman were later hired by IBM where they continued to work on the chess-playing computer.In 1989 Gary Kasparov easily trounced Deep Thought when they met for a 2-game match.
The IBM team continued to refine their supercomputer which in 1993 was renamed Deep Blue a combination of Deep Thought and Big Blue IBMs nickname.The six-game match between Kasparov and Deep Blue began on February 10 1996 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.Although Deep Blue was capable of evaluating 100 million different chess positions per second the IBM team wasnt sure how the computer would perform in competition and Kasparov was favored to win.Instead much to his frustration the world chess champ lost the first game to Deep Blue.
However the tenacious brilliant Kasparov quickly staged a comeback and won the second game.The third and fourth games ended in a draw while Kasparov won the fifth game.On February 17 the human chess master triumphed over Deep Blue in the sixth game and took the match with a final score of 4-2.A heavily publicized 6-game rematch between man and machine began on May 3 1997.
The IBM team had been working to upgrade Deep Blue since its 1996 defeat to Kasparov and the improved version of the computer was able to examine 200 million different chess positions per second.Kasparov took the first game while Deep Blue won the second.The third fourth and fifth games ended in a draw.
On May 11 Deep Blue won the sixth as well as the match 3.5 to 2.5.The victory was a huge publicity boost for IBM.A disgruntled Kasparov suggested Deep Blue had been aided by some sort of human assistance during the games charges that IBM denied.
Kasparov demanded a rematch but instead IBM retired Deep Blue.Kasparov retained his world chess champion title until 2000.In March 2005 he announced his retirement from professional chess.In 2007 he became a candidate for the Russian presidency.
