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...smell of blue cigar smoke wafted through the air. He wore a black Atlanta Falcons jacket, a light straw hat, and clenched the stub of said cigar in his teeth. A curious crowd of locals, tourists and onlookers gathered round the well-worn chess board in silence. Hands moved lighting-fast to place pieces and then tap down the time clock...
Four of Harvard's best chess players squared off in front of Au Bon Pain in an effort to "kick the Chessmaster's ass." Whether that occurred remains to be seen, as the series of games ended in a draw...
Woody McClelland '00, New Jersey's state champion in chess two years running, defeated the Chessmaster 1-0. Christopher Chabris '88, currently a sixth year graduate student in psychology, also prevailed...
However, Asst. Prof. Andrew Metrick, the head tutor of the economics department, lost 0-1, as did the chess club's faculty advisor Noam D. Elkies (GSAS '87) professor of mathmatics...
...best moment in What Dreams May Come occurs when Max Von Sydow, the great staple of films specializing in theological torment, enters. The actor who challenged Death to a game of chess in The Seventh Seal appears as a Tracker to guide Robin Williams in his journey through hell. The casting of Von Sydow is uncannily perfect, suitably dramatic and humorous at once. Unfortunately, except for Von Sydow, Vincent Ward's film fails to reconcile its diverse tones. What Dreams May Come is a remarkably inconsistent work, failing at a very basic level to present uniform structure and characters...