Word: computerizes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The champion noted that the computer kept playing long after a flesh-and-blood opponent would have resigned.
"I think the computer needs to be taught something--how to resign," he said.
The computer didn't travel for the match; it remained in Pittsburgh with a telephone line to relay its moves to a computer terminal in New York, where someone moved the chess pieces.
Last November, Deep Thought beat the world's 96th ranked player, Denmark's Bent Larsen--the first time a computer had defeated a grandmaster in tournament play.
He said he realized early in the first game that he would win when the computer missed some tactical opportunities and was unable to analyze all of the champion's decisions.