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...YORK CITY: The latest scientific attempt to build a better brain goes on display Saturday when world chess champion Garry Kasparov gives a rematch to IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer. The new, improved Deep Blue can think twice as fast as the predecessor that lost to Kasparov 4-2 last year. Tutored by international grand chess champion Joel Benjamin, the machine now knows more about chess as well. But Kasparov remains confident. His battle plan? Detect weak points and keep switching strategies, betting that Deep Blue will be slow to adapt...
...Croquet is a cool sport--it's half chess, half pool, half golf," he said. "Despite it's old-boy connotations, croquet is an enduring pastime which, with new technology, has become more exciting, both to play and watch...
Lastly, a concern which is perhaps of more relevance to Americans, is the issue of how Hong Kong should enter the relations between the U.S. and China. Should Hong Kong merely be a pawn on the U.S.-China chess board? Or does Hong Kong deserve its own game...
...note in the program explained that the games of chess that Freddie and Anatoly play are reproductions of the actual games that Bobby Fischer played against Byrne and Spassky in 1957 and 1972 respectively. This added a nice touch of authenticity to the production...
Overall, the AAA players' rendition of Chess was a provocative, high-energy production. Imaginative staging and fine performances gave it a freshness that was extremely appealing...