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Member of programming team for Hitech (ACM North American Computer Champion 1985, 1989), Chiptest, Chiptest-M (ACM North American Computer Champion 1987), Deep Thought 0.02 (ACM North American Computer Champion 1988), Deep Thought (ACM North American Computer Champion 1989, World Computer Champion 1989), Deep Thought/88 (ACM North American Computer Champion 1990), Deep Thought II (ACM International Computer Champion 1991, 1994)
Member of programming team for Deep Blue, which defeated World
Champion Garry Kasparov in a game (1996) and in a match 3.5/6 (New York
1997), the first time these feats have ever been accomplished
against a reigning World Champion
Here is Deep Blue's first win over World Champion Garry Kasparov, the first
time that a computer beat a reigning World Champion:
Deep Blue - Garry Kasparov
ACM Chess Challenge, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Round 1, 1996.02.10
Here is Deep Blue's win over World Champion Garry Kasparov, in a game which
Deep Blue team member GM Joel Benjamin, referring to the move 37.
Be4, claimed (in the 2003 film Game Over: Kasparov and the
Machine) was the first game in which a computer showed that it
could play Grandmaster level chess:
Deep Blue - Garry Kasparov
IBM Man-Machine, New York, NY, USA, Round 2, 1997.05.04
Here is the final game of the match, which won the match for the computer,
the first time that a computer beat a reigning World Champion:
Deep Blue - Garry Kasparov
IBM Man-Machine, New York, NY, USA, Round 6, 1997.05.10
Copyright 2011. David Cohen.
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