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Deep Blue game 6: May 11 @ 3:00PM EDT | 19:00PM GMT        kasparov 2.5 deep blue 3.5
 

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Contenders Fact Sheet

Event: The IBM Chess Challenge Rematch
Date: May 3 to May 11, 1997
Location: The Equitable Center, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York City
Purse: $700,000 to winner / $400,000 to loser
Web site: http://www.chess.ibm.com

Contenders
Garry Kasparov IBM's
Deep Blue
Height: 5' 10" 6' 5"
Weight: 176 lbs. 1.4 tons
Age: 34 years 4 years
Birthplace: Azerbajian Yorktown, NY
No. of
processors
50 B Neurons 32 PSSC
Processors
Board postions/Second: 2 200,000,000
Power Source: electrical / chemical electrical
Future duties: World Chess Champion Pharmaceutical design

  
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