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Kasparov originally joined the party "to avoidcomplications" so he could compete in chess, hesaid. Speaking of his friends now, he added, "Wedon't see any reason to leave it now; we believewe will be expelled quite soon...
...lighter moment yesterday, Kasparov turnedto the chess-playing aspects of his visit. He willbe in Cambridge until Monday on the last stop ofan American tour that included visits to New Yorkand Washington, D.C., and appearances on nationaltelevision...
...York, the man who has accumulated thehighest chess ranking ever twice beat "DeepThought," ballyhooed as the world's most powerfulchess-playing computer. Kasparov said that he didnot fear machines' entry into the chess world...
...very good for chess," he said, "althoughI hope the computer will never beat the worldchampion...
This afternoon, Kasparov will simultaneouslyplay six humans and two computers in a 1 p.m.exhibition match in Sanders Theatre. Playersinclude three Harvard chess team members--Vivek V.Rao '91-'92, Andie Serrota '91 and Issa N. Youssef'90--former U.S. women's champion AnnaAkhsharumova, Harvard visiting scholar Noam Elkiesand an IBM entrant...