When sensing defeat in a match against a skilled chess bot, advanced models sometimes hack their opponent, a study found.

World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov lost the first game to IBM-developed supercomputer Deep Blue. This defining moment in ...

IBM's Deep Blue system achieved its first victory over a world chess champion on February 10, 1996, when it won the first game of a six-game match against Garry Kasparov. Despite this initial loss ...

IBM’s Deep Blue defeated chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov. A historic moment—one that marked the first time a machine ...

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This week marks 29 years since an epic man versus machine battle. It's when IBM's supercomputer, Deep Blue, beat Garry ...

In 1996 a computer called Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov in a game of chess; the first time a machine defeated a reigning world chess champion.