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Mercuri, a United States National Master and chess teacher who has been playing for 15 years, says that he first realized he had a chance to win after about 20 moves...
Karpov, a former world chess champion, shook hands with each player the first time around the tables and then assumed a look of somber intent as he moved from board to board, sometimes pausing only for a second and other times carefully considering his options for several minutes before making his next move...
Karpov indicated that Deep Thought, the infamous chess computer program, gave him little trouble on Friday, although he expressed surprise at some of the computer's moves. At one point he said that the computer's most serious error was trying to go for a win rather than a draw...
After hearing of Kasparov's visit, Karpov contacted the club through his American agent and offered to attend a similar event, said Christopher F. Shabris '88, alumni advisor to the Harvard Chess Club...
...Chess Club President Daniel H. Edelman '91 was careful to distinguish the Karpov exhibition from Kasparov's earlier...