♟ Kasparov vs Deep Blue: The Day a Machine Outsmarted a Genius
In this fascinating B1-level Reading Challenge, students read about the historic 1997 chess match between Garry Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer. The article covers Kasparov's dominance as the greatest player in history, the 1996 first match, the dramatic 1997 rematch with its controversial Game 2 move (later revealed to be a software bug), Kasparov's accusation of cheating, and the profound questions the match raised about human vs artificial intelligence.
Lesson Plan
- True story with vocabulary highlights
Key Vocabulary
Grammar Points
- Past simple for narrative
- Past perfect
- Passive voice
- Reported speech
- Conditional sentences
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