Famous game, made to hang
Deep Blue beats Kasparov as wall art
The day a machine first beat the world champion in a match. A textbook knight sacrifice on e6 ends it in nineteen moves.
Exact, computed from the real moves. Never AI-faked.
- Players
- Deep Blue vs Garry Kasparov
- Event
- IBM Man-Machine, Game 6
- Year
- 1997
- Opening
- Caro-Kann Defense
- ECO
- B17
- Result
- 1-0
The game
New York, May 1997. In the sixth and deciding game of their rematch, IBM's Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov to win the match, the first time a computer defeated a reigning world champion under tournament conditions. It is a cultural landmark as much as a chess game, the moment the machines arrived.
The game itself was short and brutal. Kasparov, rattled, walked into a known trap in the Caro-Kann, and Deep Blue executed a textbook knight sacrifice on e6 that tore his position apart in nineteen moves. The world champion resigned, and an era ended.
The decisive moment
The blow is 8.Nxe6, sacrificing the knight to shatter the black king's shelter. After 8...Qe7 9.O-O fxe6 10.Bg6+ the position collapses, and Kasparov resigned on move 19, the shortest loss of his championship career.
Deep Blue beats Kasparov, four ways.
A game that changed history deserves a place on the wall. The Position frames the human-versus-machine moment; The Score sets the whole nineteen-move tragedy as type.
The Trace
The signature Endgame style: every piece's full path across the 64 squares, painted as flowing lines.
The Position
The decisive board as a gallery plate with players, opening, and result.
The Score
The whole game in algebraic notation, set as editorial typography.
The Sequence
The arc of the game in a grid of boards, opening to mate.
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Is this really Deep Blue beats Kasparov?+
Yes. We replay the exact moves of this game (Deep Blue vs Garry Kasparov, 1997) with a chess engine and render the real board, the real path of every piece, and the real notation. The preview is the print. There is no AI in the artwork.
What sizes and products can I get?+
Posters from $35 on heavyweight matte paper, plus framed editions from $95 in solid wood, with free shipping on every order. Every print carries the same exact rendering of the game.
Can I make this into my own game instead?+
Yes. Open the creator and paste your own PGN, upload a .pgn file, or drop a Lichess or Chess.com link to render your game the same four ways.
Make Deep Blue beats Kasparov your wall art.
Or bring your own game. Paste a PGN, upload a file, or drop a Lichess or Chess.com link.