“He was eventually beaten by a Chess Playing Supercomputer created by IBM named Deep Blue.”
That was such a weird PR stunt.
1. IBM beats the greatest chess guy and then immediately gets out of the chess biz. No rematches planned despite public interest.
2. The science(!) and AI narrative gets a huge boost as our best human chess player is defeated. All bow before your HAL gods.
3. IBM makes no further progress in the field since this victory in 1997, 25 years ago.
It doesn’t take a 3D chess player to see the whole thing stunk. Simplest explanation is to take a dive, get a big retirement package.
No rematches because IBM didn’t want to risk losing. They scored a PR home run with Deep Blue II rematch and as they say, quit when you are ahead.