After the Kasparov versus Deep Blue 1996 match, which was won with a score of 4–2 by Garry Kasparov, a rematch was agreed. It took place in New York City, New York, May 1997, and to a big surprise for most spectators Deep Blue won the rematch by 3½-2½ [1]. Despite Kasparov's win of game 1 in a great style, he did not recover after the shock by Deep Blues' play in game 2, when Kasparov resigned a possibly drawn position after Deep Blue's 45. Ra6 [2][3][4]. In the final decisive game 6, Kasparov seemed rather indisposed and blundered in the early opening by confusing the order of moves in the Caro-Kann with 7...h6 instead of 7...Bd6, 8...h6 [5].
With hindsight the match was a huge advertisement and media hype for IBM rather than a "scientific" prove of machines supremacy versus humans in chess. Kasparov accused IBM of cheating and demanded a rematch [6], but IBM declined and retired Deep Blue. It never competed again.
In 1997, Garry Kasparov, the world’s greatest chess player, arrived in New York City for the biggest match of his life. His opponent wasn’t a fellow Grandmaster but a faceless super-computer, Deep Blue, built by tech-giant IBM in a bid to raise its profile and its stock price. An international celebrity and the undisputed master of his art, Kasparov came to America for freedom and glory. What he didn’t expect to confront was the lifelong dedication of another man, Deep Blue’s wunderkind inventor Doctor Hsu. Both geniuses, they staked their reputation on the tournament. What followed was one of the most compelling stories of our time[15][16].
Tony Marsland, Yngvi Björnsson. (1997). From MiniMax to Manhattan. In Deep Blue Versus Kasparov: The Significance for Artificial Intelligence. AAAI Workshop, pp. 31–36, 1997. pdf
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After the Kasparov versus Deep Blue 1996 match, which was won with a score of 4–2 by Garry Kasparov, a rematch was agreed. It took place in New York City, New York, May 1997, and to a big surprise for most spectators Deep Blue won the rematch by 3½-2½ [1]. Despite Kasparov's win of game 1 in a great style, he did not recover after the shock by Deep Blues' play in game 2, when Kasparov resigned a possibly drawn position after Deep Blue's 45. Ra6 [2] [3] [4]. In the final decisive game 6, Kasparov seemed rather indisposed and blundered in the early opening by confusing the order of moves in the Caro-Kann with 7...h6 instead of 7...Bd6, 8...h6 [5].
With hindsight the match was a huge advertisement and media hype for IBM rather than a "scientific" prove of machines supremacy versus humans in chess. Kasparov accused IBM of cheating and demanded a rematch [6], but IBM declined and retired Deep Blue. It never competed again.
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In 2013, Donmar Warehouse announced a new international collaboration with Manchester International Festival and Park Avenue Armory, New York. To be performed in Manchester, July, 10-21 [7], and New York City, September 4-18 [8], Josie Rourke directs award-winning playwright Matt Charman’s play [9], THE MACHINE [10].Games
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