Deep Blue Trivia Quiz

Answer: 3.5-2.5

Kasparov started out strong. He won the first game of the match. After a Deep Blue victory and three draws in a row, Deep Blue pulled out a victory in the final game which was short for a game of chess, only 18 1/2 moves. Most Chess games last around 40-50 moves.

Answer: 1997

Kasparov had already beaten Deep Blue in 1996, but Kasparov wanted a rematch. In 1997, Deep Blue played Kasparov. Though Kasparov started out strong, Deep Blue came back. Deep Blue clinched the last game to win 3.5-2.5.(a tie gives each player half a win, there were three ties.)

Answer: White was about to queen a pawn

The endgame culminated with g7. With this move, white was about to queen a pawn. Even though Deep Blue was up a rook for a bishop, he was about to be down in material so he resigned.

Answer: The Ruy Lopez

The Ruy Lopez is also known as the Spanish defence. It is characterized by e4, e5,(a very popular opening) Nf3, Nc6, (the most popular continuation) and then Bb5. White tries to put pressure on Black's knight on c6. After a6, which is the most common defense, white has two popular options. White can capture black's knight and weaken black's pawn structure.

The drawback to this is the fact that black has the two bishops in an open game, a good advantage to have. White can also keep his bishop by moving it back to a4.

This move keeps the two bishops, however white's bishop will be inactive for a period of time.

Answer: 44 1/2

The last move of the game was Ra6. After this rook move, Kasparov (black) resigned and the match was tied 1-1. This game was the exact same length as the first game, which white (Kasparov) also won. These two games used a completely different opening, however.

Answer: d3

The Mieses Opening is a quiet opening, similar to the Pirc Defense or the Rat, where black advances his d pawn one space. This game was a 48 1/2 move game, with no player winning. 1. g4 is called the Grob Opening or the Spike Attack. White fianchettos a bishop, but weakens his kingside. 1. e3 is the Vant Krujis Opening.

It is similar to d3 as it is quiet. 1. f4 is called Bird's opening. It weakens white's kingside a tiny bit but is otherwise very good.

Answer: Pirc Defense

The Caro-Kann defense is a very good opening for black which results in black slowly equalizing. (white starts out with an advantage due to going first) After d4, d6 though, this game switched into the Pirc Defense. The Pirc defense is a very quiet opening, though it is a good one for black. Garry Kasparov switched to this and made a game that turned into a 55 1/2 move draw.

The Semi Slav can't occur usually against e4, while the Parham Attack is usually only played by beginners. The Queen's Fianchetto can be played against e4 and d4.

Answer: Force Perpetual Check

Perpetual Check is when one side can keep forcing checks against the other. This is not explicitly counted as a draw, however most players agree to a draw in this position. Alternatively, a draw by threefold repetition will occur if the same check arrives three times.

It was believed he could do this, but in 2007, a line was found that evaded the threat, so the game was indeed lost for him.

Answer: A knight sacrifice

The final move was c4. This game used a stunning knight sacrifice by Deep Blue. With this sacrifice, Kasparov was unable to castle. Deep Blue used this to his advantage, and even though Kasparov was up in material in the end, Deep Blue had so much pressure on Kasparov's king that Kasparov resigned and Deep Blue won his rematch against Kasparov.

Answer: 3

These three matches were games three-five. Kasparov won the first game, but deep blue pulled out games two and six as well as having those three draws to win