The Kasparov v. World match was a democratic process in the modern understanding in that people were offered equivalent choices (almost equally strong), selected by the experts, with little public understanding of the deeper ramifications of the decisions.

In a democracy, people are asked to make decisions in fields that really need expert knowledge to discern, but fortunately (or some say, 'unfortunately), these choices are pre-selected by a group of experts. These people are both voters (where the experts are "public opinion leaders) or legislators (where the experts are lobby firms).