The first game of the 1996 match was the first game to be won by a chess-playing computer against a reigning world champion under normal chess tournament conditions, and in particular, normal time controls.

The game was played on February 10, 1996.

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1996 Game 2

The second game began with the Open Catalan Opening. Kasparov played in what could be called a preemptive style blocking all Deep Blue's development tries. The game lasted for 73 moves but eventually Deep Blue's operator had to resign the game for the computer in a position where both players had a bishop but Kasparov had three pawns against Deep Blue's one.

 

 

1996 Game 3

In the third game Kasparov played the Sicilian Defence to which Deep Blue responded with the Alapin Variation. The game lasted for 39 moves and was drawn.

The game was played on February 13, 1996.

1996 Game 4

The fourth game was the second game to end in a draw, even though at one point Deep Blue's team refused Kasparov's draw offer. The opening played was the Semi-Slav Defense.

The game was played on February 14, 1996.

 

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1996 Game 5

The fifth game was the turning point in the match. During the game, Kasparov, playing Black, chose a different opening, the Four Knights Game, from the Sicilian Defence he had played in games one and three and came on top. This was particularly embarrassing for the Deep Blue team, because they had declined Kasparov's draw offer after the 23rd move. This was the only game in the match that Black won.

The game was played on February 16, 1996.

1996 Game 6

In the end of the sixth game, Deep Blue's pieces were crammed into its queen side corner, almost completely unable to defend its king. Kasparov's next move would probably have been 44.Qe7 to exchange the queens. That would have allowed his pawn, which was about to promote, to advance.^[2]

The game was played on February 17, 1996.

 

 

Summary

The 1996 match

Game #	White	Black	Result	Comment
1	Deep Blue	Kasparov	1–0
2	Kasparov	Deep Blue	1–0
3	Deep Blue	Kasparov	½–½	Draw by mutual agreement
4	Kasparov	Deep Blue	½–½	Draw by mutual agreement
5	Deep Blue	Kasparov	0–1	Kasparov offered a draw after the 23rd move.
6	Kasparov	Deep Blue	1–0
Result: Kasparov–Deep Blue: 4–2

i'm surprised forfeit on game 6. if white queen does go to e7 to try to trade queens black can block with bishop... then if white takes bishop with pawn black queen could take pawn and therefore no promotion...

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for Matt: if queen e7 and bishop c7, white play queen takes f7 an next move mate with queen g7 or bishop g5!

This is excellent stuff ! Thank you for putting this up !!

yea execellent stuff

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Man wons 4:2

I have this book and I have read up on these games most amazing yet fairly complicated play I have seen