Deep Blue versus Kasparov, 1996, Game 1 17. Bg5 17... Bb6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nc4! 19... Rfd8 20. Nxb6! axb6 21. Rfd1 f5 22. Qe3!? 22... Qf6 (see diagram) 23. d5! 23... Rxd5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. b3! Kh8? 26. Qxb6 Rg8 27. Qc5 27... d4? 28. Nd6 f4 29. Nxb7 29... Ne5 30. Qd5 30... f3? 31. g3 (see diagram) Nd3 32. Rc7 Re8?? 33. Nd6 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Nxf2 35. Nxf7+ Kg7 36. Ng5+ Kh6 37. Rxh7+ Bibliography Deep Blue versus Kasparov, 1996, Game 1 Deep Blue–Kasparov, 1996, Game 1 is a famous chess game in which a computer played against a human being.
Computer chess an exhibition match. Deep Thought, however, was still considerably below World Championship Level, as the then reigning world champion Garry Kasparov demonstrated in two strong wins in 1989. It was not until a 1996 match with IBM's Deep Blue that Kasparov lost his first game to a computer at tournament time controls in Deep Blue - Kasparov, 1996, Game 1. This game was, in fact, the first time a reigning world champion had lost to a computer using regular time controls. However, Kasparov regrouped to win three and draw two of the remaining five games of the match, for a