Deep Blue (chess computer) Deep Blue (chess computer) Deep Blue was a chess-playing computer developed by IBM. It is known for being the first computer chess-playing system to win both a chess game and a chess match against a reigning world champion under regular time controls. Deep Blue won its first game against a world champion on 10 February 1996, when it defeated Garry Kasparov in game one of a six-game match. However, Kasparov won three and drew two of the following five games, defeating Deep Blue by a score of 4–2. Deep Blue was then heavily upgraded, and played Kasparov again in May
Music for Reliquary House / In 1980 I Was a Blue Square Point Never side "Music for Reliquary House", a composition and set of remixes of audio Lopatin produced for Nate Boyce's audiovisual project "Reliquary House". The primary sounds of the composition are bits of computer-produced human speech reconstructed into new sounds. The second half, "In 1980 I Was A Blue Square" by Rene Hell, is a suite of minimalist contemporary classical music that also includes electronic sounds. For both Daniel Lopatin and Jeff Witscher, Music For Reliquary House and In 1980 I Was A Blue Square are shifts from their early synthesizer-heavy recordings to electroacoustic music. "Pitchfork" journalist Nick Neyland called