Arthur Benchetrit
& Garry Kasparov

At VivaTech, Arthur Benchetrit (ArtBen) didn't just meet Garry Kasparov — he played a chess game against one of the greatest players in history.

A game against the legend

Sitting across from the champion, Arthur held on far longer than he expected. The game stretched on, move after move, in a tension where every decision mattered — surprising himself by resisting a master of that calibre.

Man, machine and AI

Beyond the thrill of the game, Kasparov remains a key figure in the AI debate: his historic duel against the Deep Blue computer is one of AI's founding moments. Facing the man who embodied human-versus-machine over the board gives this encounter a unique flavour.