February 10th

On this day - February 10th 1996 - "Deep Blue" became the first Artificial Intelligence to beat a world champion in Chess

Deep blue was a chess playing computer developed IBM. On February 10th the computer played agains the Russian world champion Garry Kasparov in a six game match. Kasparov was the world champion at the time and one of the best chess players through the times. Depp blue was a Project which had existed since 1989 in as an IBM Research Group. When the two played each other in Philadelphia in 1996 won Deep Blue the first of the six matches. This was the first time a computer were able to beat a world champion at chess. The second match, however, was won by Kasparov. The two next matches were a draw and the two last was again won by Kasparov, thus making the score 4-2 to Kasparov. The two played again in 1997, but this time With a heavily upgraded Version of Deep Blue. The score this time was 3,5 to Deep Blue against 2,5 to Kasparov.

 Kasparov vs Anand World Championship match, World Trade Center 1995. Photo by Owen Williams, The Kasparov Agency.