On May 11, 1997, chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov resigned
after 19 moves in a game against Deep Blue, a chess-playing
computer developed by scientists at IBM. This was the sixth
and final game of their match, which Kasparov lost two games
to one, with three draws.

Kasparov, a chess prodigy from Azerbaijan, was a skillful chess
player from childhood. At 21, Kasparov played Anatoly Karpov
for the world title, but the 49-game match ended indecisively.

The next year, Kasparov beat Karpov to become the youngest
world champion in history. With a FIDE (Federation International
des Echecs) score of 2800, and a streak of 12 world chess titles
in a row, Kasparov was considered the greatest chess player in
history going into his match with Deep Blue.

Garry Kimovich Kasparov