How Did Chess Become Global And Did You Know That Iranians Were The Inventors Of Chess?
In 1997, an IBM supercomputer beat Garry Kasparov, the then-world chess champion, in the famous Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov match, ushering the game into an era of computer domination. Since then, computer analysis – which originated in the 1970s with the first programmed chess games on the market – has contributed to much of the development of chess theory and has become an important part of the preparation in professional human chess. Later developments in the 21st century made the use of computer analysis far surpassing the ability of any human player accessible to the public. Online chess, which first appeared in the mid-1990s, also became popular in the 21st century.