History Today: When Chess champion Garry Kasparov lost a game to a computer
World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov lost the first game to IBM-developed supercomputer Deep Blue. This defining moment in ...
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'An Honour That Says More About Putin's Fascist Regime': Chess Legend Garry Kasparov Speaks Out After Russia Adds Him To 'Terrorist & Extremist' List
Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov, who has often strongly criticized ... Kasparov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, in what was then the Soviet Union. He became the youngest world chess champion ...
The moment that set the vector for Vladimir Putin’s presidency going forward, and put Russia on the course to dictatorship
In his 2005 speech, Vladimir Putin’s statement that ‘the collapse of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical ...
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The 18-year-old Indian who's the new world chess champion
The previous record-holder for the youngest chess world champion was Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov. He was 22 when he won in 1985 - a time when Russia and the former Soviet Union dominated ...