On May 11, 1997, an IBM computer called IBM ® Deep Blue ® beat the world chess champion after a six-game match: two wins for IBM, one for the champion and three draws. The match lasted several days and received massive media coverage around the world. Umapagan Ampikaipakan takes a look back at this historic moment, at what it meant for the game of chess, at that classic plot line of man versus machine.

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