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Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Kasparov in 1996?

A modern chess engine running on a 200 MHz Intel Pentium Pro from 1995 could have defeated chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1996, without the need for the custom-built computer Deep Blue, which was powered by 30 P2SC processors and 480 custom VLSI chess co-processors. The Pentium Pro, running a custom port of Stockfish, plays at an estimated Elo of 3300, far surpassing Kasparov's Elo of 2800. This is because the chess engine can analyze moves better and more efficiently than humans, not just by processing more moves.

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