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Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Kasparov in 1996?
A modern Stockfish port on a 1996 Pentium Pro (Elo ~3300) would have easily defeated Kasparov, proving that better programming, not hardware, was the key to Deep Blue's victory.
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