Kasparov comments on chess computers in an interview with Thierry Paunin on pages 4-5 of issue 55 of Jeux & Stratégie (published in 1989):
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Question: ...
Two top grandmasters have gone down to chess computers: Portisch against “Leonardo” and Larsen against “Deep Thought”. It is well known that you have strong views on this subject. Will a computer be world champion, one day ...?
Kasparov:
Ridiculous! A machine will always remain a machine, that is to say a tool to help the player work and prepare. Never shall I be beaten by a machine! Never will a program be invented which surpasses human intelligence. And when I say intelligence, I also mean intuition and imagination. Can you see a machine writing a novel or poetry? Better still, can you imagine a machine conducting this interview instead of you? With me replying to its questions?’
7 سال بعد در سال 1996، کاسپارف بازی اول مسابقه 6 دستی اش را به دیپ بلو باخت.
Deep Blue (Computer) vs Garry Kasparov (1996) "Sacre Blue!"
البته کاسپارف در ادامه مسابقه، 3 برد به دست آورد و مسابقه را برد ولی سال بعد یعنی 1997 کاسپارف در یک مسابقه 6 دستی، به deep blue باخت! بدتر از آن شکست تحقیرآمیزش در بازی ششم بود که فقط در 19 حرکت نابود شد. این کوتاه ترین شکست دوران حرفه ای کاسپارف بود.
Deep Blue (Computer) vs Garry Kasparov (1997) "Tangled Up in Blue"