Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov was a pair of six-game chess matches between world chess champion Garry Kasparov and an IBM supercomputer called Deep Blue. The first match was played in Philadelphia in 1996 and won by Kasparov. The second was played in New York City in 1997 and won by Deep Blue. The 1997 match was the first defeat of a reigning world chess champion by a computer under tournament conditions. The 1997 match was the subject of a documentary film, "The Man vs. The Machine". Deep Blue's win was seen as symbolically significant,
Deep Blue (2003 film) "The New York Times" called "Deep Blue", a re-cut of "The Blue Planet", "a more visual and less informative re-assemblage of the mounds of footage shot for the show, is alternately mind-blowing and mind-numbing". Kern commended footage of deep-sea creatures as "so exotic they would be the envy of any science-fiction film". The critic concluded, "The experience of 'Deep Blue' is hardly enlightening. In the end, a sliver of knowledge may be gained, or environmental concerns only briefly alluded to might be pondered, but mostly what remains are pretty pictures that quickly fade into oblivion." Deep Blue (2003 film) Deep