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How did IBM's Deep Blue computer defeat chess champion Garry Kasparov?

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history of artificial intelligence (AI) British mathematician Alan Turing, c. 1930s. Turing did the earliest work on AI, and he introduced many of the central concepts of AI in a report entitled “Intelligent Machinery” (1948).

In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue computer defeated chess champion Garry Kasparov in a historic match, marking a significant milestone in the history of artificial intelligence. Deep Blue's success was attributed to its immense processing power, capable of evaluating approximately 200 million chess positions per second. This computational ability allowed it to analyze deeply into potential game outcomes, a feat that surpassed human capabilities in terms of sheer calculation speed. While Kasparov was a brilliant strategist, Deep Blue's advanced hardware and sophisticated algorithms, refined with input from human grandmasters, enabled it to outperform him under tournament conditions. The match highlighted the growing power of AI in complex strategic games.12