Kasparov Beats the Machine
Garry Kasparov vs Deep Blue · ACM Chess Challenge, Philadelphia, 1996 · 1–0
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The first time a reigning World Champion lost a classical game to a computer under tournament conditions came in this very match — but not this game. Game 1 belongs to Kasparov: a long, technical grind through an English/Sicilian structure that ends with the black king hunted into the open.
The takeaway
Even against a machine that never blunders tactically, a long-term plan (opening the position toward the enemy king) pays off. Kasparov won the strategic battle long before the final checks arrived.
Now go make your own.
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