Soviet-born Garry Kasparov, 22 (above) beat Anatoly Karpov to
become the youngest world chess champion. Eleven years later,
he defeated Deep Blue, IBM’s powerful custom-built chess
computer, then lost to an upgraded Deep Blue the following
year.
Chess Grandmaster Garry Kimovich Kasparov, born
April 13, 1963.
CANILLE BOHANNON
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
BRIAN THOMAS
Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born at in Brooklyn, New York
City. He is 62 years old today.
As former professional basketball player MJ played 15 seasons
in the National Basketball Association between 1984 and 2003,
winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
He was integral in popularizing basketball and the NBA around
the world in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming a global cultural
icon.
His profile on the NBA website states, "By acclamation, Michael
Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time."
On February 10, 1996, after three hours, world chess champion
Garry Kasparov lost the first game of a six-game match against
Deep Blue, an IBM computer capable of evaluating 200 million
moves per second.
Man was ultimately victorious over machine, however, as
Kasparov bested Deep Blue in the match with three wins
and two ties and took home the $400,000 prize.
An estimated 6 million people worldwide followed the action
online.
Garry Kasparov will be 62 years old April 13th.
