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Garry Kasparov faces IBM’s Deep Blue in a tense 1996 chess showdown

Deep Blue vs. Garry Kasparov: The Historic Chess Match That Changed the Game

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On February 10, 1996, the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue achieved a historic victory over the reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov. This momentous event marked the first time a computer defeated a world champion in a classical chess game under official tournament regulations. The victory of Deep Blue signaled a significant breakthrough in artificial intelligence (AI), demonstrating that computers could compete with and even overcome the strategic prowess of human experts in a complex game like chess.

The Maastricht Treaty: The Birth of the European Union and a New Era of European Integration

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On February 7, 1992, the Maastricht Treaty was signed in Maastricht, Netherlands, marking a landmark moment in European history. This pivotal treaty officially came into effect on November 1, 1993, setting into motion a series of transformative changes. It laid the foundation for the European Union (EU) and significantly advanced the process of European integration by uniting various nations under a common framework for political, economic, and social cooperation.