In Pictures: Ultimate Man vs. Computer - Garry Kasparov, Deep Blue and the Internet

Garry Kasparov battled IBM's Deep Blue 16 years ago in February, but that was just the beginning

The Kasparov vs. the World online chess game began June 21, 1999, and attracted 50,000 individuals submitting move votes. The quality of the chess played throughout the Kasparov vs. the World game has been acknowledged by chess experts and third parties around the world as one of the best public chess games ever documented, according to an MSN release. The online chess tournament attracted more than 3 million unique visitors from 75 countries and garnered 28 million page views.

Credit: Jeff Christensen/Reuters

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