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Next month, there's a world chess championship match in New York City, and the two competitors, the assembled grandmasters, the budding chess prodigies, the older chess fans -- everyone paying attention -- will know this indisputable fact: A computer could win the match hands down. They've known as much for almost 20 years -- ever since May 11, 1997. On that day, IBM's Deep Blue defeated the great Garry Kasparov who, after an early blunder, resigned in defeat. "I am ashamed by what I did at the end of this match. But so be it," Kasparov said.