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Document Information
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Narrative / article excerpt (evidence production)
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Summary
This document appears to be a narrative or article excerpt describing the 1997 chess rematch between Garry Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue computer at the Equitable Center in New York. It details the atmosphere of the match, the mechanics of how the computer's moves were relayed to IBM researcher Joe Hoane, and the specific tension of the eighth day when Kasparov made a blunder. The document bears a House Oversight Bates stamp, indicating it was part of a larger evidence production.
People (2)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Garry Kasparov | World Chess Champion |
Described as a child prodigy and one of the most intelligent people on the planet; playing against Deep Blue.
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| Joe Hoane | IBM Researcher |
Receives moves via phone line and physically moves the pieces for Deep Blue.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| IBM |
Creator of Deep Blue.
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| Watson Research Laboratory |
IBM lab that built Deep Blue.
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| House Oversight Committee |
implied by Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'
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Timeline (2 events)
1997
Chess match rematch between Garry Kasparov and Deep Blue.
Equitable Center, New York
Six months prior to 1997
Locations (3)
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39th story, New York; location of the 1997 match.
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City where the match took place.
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Location of the previous match six months prior.
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Relationships (2)
Famous match between Garry Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue.
Key Quotes (3)
"It is 1997 and we are on the 39th story of the Equitable Center in New York"Source
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"This is the famous match between Garry Kasparov and IBM’s Deep Blue."Source
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"On the 16th move he makes a dreadful blunder and sinks into despair."Source
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Deep Blue
It is 1997 and we are on the 39th story of the Equitable Center in New York, watching a chess match. It’s no ordinary match. Two men sit opposite each other. One, a neatly suited figure, stares intently at the board. You can almost see the heat rising from his head as he processes the possibilities before him. The other, sits implacably calm and, before each turn, looks to a screen at the side of the board, reads the instruction, and makes his move.
This is the famous match between Garry Kasparov and IBM’s Deep Blue. Kasparov, a child prodigy, became world chess champion at the age of fifteen and, to this day, holds the record for the highest chess ranking ever achieved. Some consider him one of the most intelligent people on the planet. His opponent, Deep Blue, is a massively parallel chess-playing computer built by IBM’s Watson Research Laboratory. The machine itself sits a few blocks north of the tournament in an air-conditioned room, and relays the moves over a phone line to Joe Hoane, the IBM researcher who moves the pieces.
Six months earlier, in Philadelphia, Kasparov won against Deep Blue. This is the rematch and has generated a worldwide media frenzy. Tickets to the event are sold out and most news organizations give a blow-by-blow report each day. On the eighth day of the tournament Kasparov and Deep Blue are level pegging. Kasparov is playing an opening he knows well. It’s one designed to be hard for computers to play and has been tested extensively against Fritz, a chess computer Grand Masters use for practice. But Deep Blue doesn’t seem fazed. Kasparov is visibly tired. On the 16th move he makes a dreadful blunder and sinks into despair. An hour later, after some moments of quiet contemplation, he tips over his
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