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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The first computer to beat a human at chess was called____
A
Colussus
B
Deep Blue
C
Apple 2
D
Turing
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On May 11, 1997, an IBM computer called IBM ® Deep Blue ® beat the world chess champion after a six-game match: two wins for IBM, one for the champion and three draws. The match lasted several days and received massive media coverage around the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Deep Blue was a chess-playing expert system run on a unique purpose-built IBM supercomputer. It was the first computer to win a game, and the first to win a match, against a reigning world champion under regular time controls. Development began in 1985 at Carnegie Mellon University under the name ChipTest.

Detailed explanation-3: -What Does Deep Blue Mean? Deep Blue was a supercomputer developed by IBM specifically for playing chess and was best known for being the first artificial intelligence construct to ever win a chess match against a reigning world champion, Grandmaster Garry Kasparov, under regular time controls.

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