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| − | In 1996, Kasparov defeated Deep Blue in a six game match and IBM developers and programmers worked to improve Deep Blue for the next year. IBM had tried many times before to dethrone humans from the top of the chess world, but nothing worked until Deep Blue and its processors which are able to record over 200 million moves per second or 50 billion positions a second, calculating exactly what the right move would be<ref>[http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/vintage/vintage_4506VV1001.html]</ref> | + | In 1996, Kasparov defeated Deep Blue in a six game match and IBM developers and programmers worked to improve Deep Blue for the next year. IBM had tried many times before to dethrone humans from the top of the chess world, but nothing worked until Deep Blue and its processors which are able to record over 200 million moves per second or 50 billion positions a second, calculating exactly what the right move would be. <ref>[http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/vintage/vintage_4506VV1001.html]</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:40, 8 September 2013
Deep Blue, the greatest chess player of all time.
Introduction
Deep Blue, an IBM supercomputer, defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a six game match.
Overview
In 1996, Kasparov defeated Deep Blue in a six game match and IBM developers and programmers worked to improve Deep Blue for the next year. IBM had tried many times before to dethrone humans from the top of the chess world, but nothing worked until Deep Blue and its processors which are able to record over 200 million moves per second or 50 billion positions a second, calculating exactly what the right move would be. [1]
Significance
Computers had outmatched humans long before in match, but chess was thought to be different because chess requires forethought and even grace, something believed to be impossible for a computer to be capable of. In 1997 Deep Blue showed the world that computers are breaking new boundaries and human feats of the mind and body are capable by the computer. In 1997 Deep Blue showed the world the impossible.
