Human–computer chess matches computer Deep Thought in an exhibition match. Deep Thought, however, was still considerably below World Championship Level, as the then reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov demonstrated in two convincing wins in 1989. The "Chess Genius" program was entered into a Professional Chess Association rapid chess tournament in 1994. It defeated and eliminated world champion Kasparov, but lost to Viswanathan Anand in the next round. This was the first time a computer had defeated the world champion in an official game, albeit at rapid time controls. Kasparov played a six-game match against IBM's Deep Blue in 1996. Kasparov lost the
The Deep Blue Good-by back. As the glades dry, the big fires come with increasing frequency. The ecology is changing with egret colonies dwindling, mullet getting scarce, mangrove dying of new diseases born of dryness. This was in a paperback originally published in 1965 when the general public was still not conversant with the concept of environmentalism. "The Deep Blue Good-by" introduces readers to McGee, his place of residence, the "Busted Flush" (a houseboat he won in a poker game), and its mooring place, slip F-18 at the Bahia Mar Marina in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In the early chapters we learn that McGee is