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Why Losing to a Machine Was Kasparov’s Greatest Legacy

Suhail Ahmed

In 1997, the world’s best chess player watched a machine make the final, decisive move, and a hush fell over an age-old symbol of human intellect. The defeat felt like a door slamming, but it was really a door opening – loudly, disruptively, undeniably. That match did more than crown a new kind of champion; ...