Garry Kasparov vs Deep Blue (Computer) (1997)

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Garry Kasparov vs Deep Blue (Computer)
IBM Man-Machine (1997), New York, NY USA, rd 5, May-10
King's Indian Attack: Keres Variation (A07) · 1/2-1/2

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Aug-13-03		ksadler: This game is annotated at http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz11... for those who are interested.

Jul-28-04		chess4games: Interesting game.

Aug-21-06		I3illieJoe: This game should be game of the day...

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Aug-05-09		Kinghunt: So what I want to know is if Kasparov ever had a win and made a slight inaccuracy or if he was just really close to winning but Deep Blue defended well. Any thoughts?

Aug-23-09		WhiteRook48: black can do a perpetual but if white is not careful the win can turn into a loss

Aug-23-11		SeanBurdine: This game cost Kasparov the match. He had to play Game 6 the very next day -- not a single day of rest in between -- and was psychologically devastated by seeing a seemingly certain win turn into a draw. Thus, the crushing 19-move defeat and the passing of the title of World's Chess Champion to a computer, an honor humans have never been able to wrest back since.

Jul-16-12		nitsud33: why not 50.Re2? any prob with this

Jul-08-13		yefri: hi nitsud33. After 50.Re2: 50..Rd1+. Then 51. Ka2 Ra1+ 52. Kb2 c3+ 53. Kc2 Rc1++ Mate. If b) 51. Kb2 or c) 51. Kc2 will not help using the same black move (c3 and Rook control row 1)

Jul-14-16		saintdufus: <the passing of the title of World's Chess Champion to a computer> Actually that didn't happen, as this was only an exhibition match, not a title match. However, this match did peremptorily prove that computers are stronger than humans at chess, which may have been what you meant.

Jun-04-17		Xonatron: 44. Rg7+ is coming in at +2.80 for Kasparov on Stockfish 8 at depth 39/91+ (after 8m:10s):

Dec-09-18		jdoucette: It appears to be a draw at the end of the game (score 0.00), backing up to the first 'mistake' = white's move 44, as @Xonatron pointed out: Stockfish 10, 8-core, 8 GB RAM, 6-pc EGTB, 19 hours, depth 58 (extension 86+), 879,000,000,000 positions, score +11.12, move: 44.Rg7+ PV: 44.Rg7+ Kd6 45.g6 Nxb3+ 46.Kd1 c4 47.Rg8 c3 48.Rc8 Ra1+ 49.Ke2 Nd4+ 50.Ke3 Nf5+ 51.Kf4 Nd4 52.g7 Ne6+ 53.Ke3 Nxg7 54.Nxg7 Rc1 55.Kd3 Rd1+ 56.Kc2 Rg1 57.Nf5+ Ke6 58.Rc5 Re1 59.Kd3 Ra1 60.Ke4 Re1+ 61.Kf4 Rb1 62.g4 Rf1+ 63.Kg5 Rc1 64.Rc8 b6 65.Kf4 Rf1+ 66.Ke4 Rc1 67.Rc6+ Kd7 68.Rc4 Rc2 69.Kf4 Rc1 70.Kg5 c2 71.Nd4 Rg1 72.Rxc2 Kd6 73.Nf5+ Kd5 74.Rc3 Ra1 75.Kf4 Ra4+ 76.Kf3 Ke5 77.Re3+ Kf6 78.Re4 Ra2 79.Rd4 Ke5 80.Rd3 Ra1 81.Ne3 Rb1 82.Rd5+ Kf6 83.Rf5+ Ke7 84.g5 Rb3 85.Ke4 Rb4+ 86.Ke5 Ke8 87.Nd5 Rb1 88.g6 Kd7 89.Rf7+ Kd8 90.Rf8+ Kd7

Dec-09-18		jdoucette: Continuing backwards:. Black's 43...Nd2 was the mistake that allows the 44.Rg7+! winning move. Looks like 43...Rg2 draws.

Dec-10-18		Granny O Doul: I'd forgotten how interesting a game this was. And now I'm going to forget again.

Jul-15-23		KingN00b: According to SF14, 20.Be4 Bxg5+ 21.hxg5 Kb8 22.f3 Qxg3 23.fxg4 Qf4+ 24.Kb1 Rxe4 25.Ne6 Rxe6 26.Rxd8+ Kc7 27.Qd1 hxg4 28.Rd7+ Kc8 29.Rf1 Qe4+ 30.Ka1 Ne5 31.Rd4 Qg6 32.Qd2 b6 33.Rd8+ Kb7 34.b4 g3 35.a4 (with a lot of unique non-losing moves) is very annoying for black.

Jul-15-23		OhioChessFan: I don't think 44. Rg7+ is particularly hard to find. Kasparov's performance in his engine matches was really poor.

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