Word: bettered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...says a computer would a better chance of beating him than a woman because "they can't concentrate on the game...
Still, even if you lose, "it's easier to play a better player because you can follow their logic," says Noam D. Elkies...
...infallible as he has been called, Kasparov may have made a mistake in his estimate. "Kasparov is just a stronger player," says Feng Hsiung, who helped develop the machine. But he says that Deep Thought can already play chess better than the computer analysts who programmed it. The computer can review 700,000 moves per second...
...When the pressure's off, it's always a little easier to play better," said Derek Mills, whose goal at 21:30 of the first half increased Harvard's lead to 2-0. "We wanted to end in a victory, especially against Princeton, to whom we've never lost in my four years at Harvard...
...them get away from us in the third period and lost control and morale in the fourth," said senior Eric Bentley, who scored three goals from his hole-man position. "Our main problem in the second half was that no one was a big offensive threat. We needed a better balance between our outside shooting, driving and hole-play. We'll work on coordinating our offense this week...