DID you know that on this day, February 10, 1996, IBM computer Deep Blue became the first computer to win a game of chess against a reigning (human) chess champion, Gary Kasparov?
Kasparov, who is a Russian, is considered to be the greatest chess player of all time and was ranked world number one for 225 out of 228 months from 1986 until he eventually retired in 2005.
Information from www.onthisday.com
