X-Message-Number: 20971
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 00:54:21 -0800
From: James Swayze <>
Subject: Chess champ takes on new supercomputer

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/fun.games/01/24/chess.kasparov.reut/index.html

Chess champ takes on new supercomputer

Friday, January 24, 2003 Posted: 2:54 PM EST (1954 GMT)

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- International chess great Garry Kasparov said he
wanted to prove "human players are not hopeless" when he battles world
champion computer program Deep Junior next week in the latest "Man vs
Machine" contest.

The Azerbaijan-born Kasparov, who has played computers three times since
1989 and famously lost to IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue six years ago,
will pit his skill and intuition against the Israeli-built software
program over six games in New York starting Sunday.

"After the other matches I felt hooked to be part of this competition
because I believe it is very important for the game of chess and the
human race as a whole,"
Kasparov, 39, said Thursday at a news conference.[cont.]

This will be interesting to watch. Any bets on which will win?

James

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