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Fischer
Vs Spassky
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Iceland |
1972 |
This is the most anticipated and most watched Chess Championship
ever. The young (27 years old) and enigmatic Fischer challenged the
Russian World Champion. In the chess world, there was little doubt
on who would win. |
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Kasparov
Vs Deep Thought #1 |
Philadelphia |
1996 |
Kasparov easily beat the machine in this their first
meeting.
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Kasparov Vs
Deep Thought #2 |
New York |
1997 |
This time the machine beat the human. Kasparov lost this 6 game
match by 1/2 a point. To IBM they had proved that a computer is the
stronger than any human at chess. A year later they would disassemble
the Deep Blue Computer and the Deep Blue team never to be together
again. For a complete biography on the match click
here. |
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Fischer at the U.S. Junior Championships |
San Francisco |
1955 |
For a complete description of this event, click
here. It was here in San Francisco, that Fischer established his
dominance of American Chess. |
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