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That's because Wolff was playing against a computer chess player. The game was one of 36 played between six humans and six machines in the Fourth Harvard Cup "Human Versus Computer" Chess Challenge, held at the Computer Museum in Boston. The final result was 27 games to the human masters and the remaining nine to the computers...

Author: By Haibin Jiu, | Title: P. C. CORNER | 11/9/1993 | See Source »

When current U.S. chess champion Patrick Wolff, of Somerville, lost a game to his opponent on Saturday, he was less than thrilled about his defeat...

Author: By Haibin Jiu, | Title: P. C. CORNER | 11/9/1993 | See Source »

...human participants included Wolff, who counts in his career victories a defeat of world champion Garry Kasparov of the former Soviet Union, Boris Gulko, a former Soviet Union chess champion, and Joel Benjamin, who ranks third among U.S. grandmaster...

Author: By Haibin Jiu, | Title: P. C. CORNER | 11/9/1993 | See Source »

...computer challengers were four software programs and two chess board machines, all commercially available. In fact, the organizers say they deliberately excluded research chess-playing systems because they wanted to demonstrate that even the $49.95 chess program can prove a formidable opponent...

Author: By Haibin Jiu, | Title: P. C. CORNER | 11/9/1993 | See Source »

...smokers can shop at Leavitt & Peirce, too. The store carries barber supplies, fancy chess sets and small model cars...

Author: By Nicholas Corman, | Title: A Smokers' Haven at Smoke-Free Harvard | 10/6/1993 | See Source »

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