1997

Deep Blue Defeats Kasparov

IBM's Deep Blue defeats world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a six-game match, and the world holds its breath. It's not just a chess victory — it's the first time a machine publicly humbles human expertise in a domain that was considered the pinnacle of strategic thinking. Kasparov accuses IBM of cheating. IBM dismantles the machine. But the message is clear: raw computational power, applied with enough sophistication, can overcome centuries of human mastery.