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===Chess=== Kasparov initially called Deep Blue an "alien opponent", but later belittled it, stating that it was "as intelligent as your alarm clock".<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 April 2020 |title=On this day: Born April 13, 1963; Russian chess champion Garry Kasparov |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sport-anniversary-kasparov/on-this-day-born-april-13-1963-russian-chess-champion-garry-kasparov-idUSKCN21U060 |access-date=18 August 2021 |last=Baldwin |first=Alan |archive-date=2 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102103220/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sport-anniversary-kasparov/on-this-day-born-april-13-1963-russian-chess-champion-garry-kasparov-idUSKCN21U060 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to [[Martin Amis]], two grandmasters who played Deep Blue agreed that it was "like a wall coming at you".<ref>{{Harvnb|Amis|2011|page=vii}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Barrat|2013|page=13}}</ref> Hsu had the rights to use the Deep Blue design independently of IBM, but also independently declined Kasparov's rematch offer.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=13 January 2000 |title=Owen Williams replies to Feng-hsiung Hsu |url=http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/owenfeng.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729131411/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/owenfeng.html |archive-date=29 July 2012 |access-date=11 May 2012 |journal=The Week in Chess}}</ref> In 2003, the [[documentary film]] ''[[Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine]]'' investigated Kasparov's claims that IBM had cheated. In the film, some interviewees describe IBM's investment in Deep Blue as an effort to boost its stock value.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Game Over' : Did IBM Cheat Kasparov? |url=http://chess.about.com/library/weekly/aa05f04.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012234501/http://chess.about.com/library/weekly/aa05f04.htm |archive-date=12 October 2007 |access-date=4 June 2020 |website=About.com: Chess |date=June 2005}}</ref>
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