Multiple choice

Which Super Computer beat world champion Garry Kasparov in the highly publicised 'Man Vs Machine' chess match?

  1. Param

  2. Deep Blue

  3. Blue Gene

  4. Purple
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B Correct answer
Explanation

IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a six-game match in May 1997, marking the first time a computer beat a reigning world champion in a standard match. Deep Blue could evaluate 200 million chess positions per second using specialized hardware and software. This victory demonstrated the potential of brute-force computing combined with sophisticated evaluation functions in complex strategic domains.

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