Word: issa
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Quote of the Week: "If I win, I'm going to wallpaper my room with a picture of the final position, and then I'm going to spike my king."--Issa Youssef of the Harvard chess team, before playing world champion Gary Kasparov. But don't worry about Youssef getting caught for violating Harvard room decoration regulations or being penalized five yards for "excessive celebrating." She was one of eight Kasparov victims in a simultaneous two-hour match Saturday...
...Issa N. Youssef '90, says that being in Kasparov's grip is akin to battling a boxing champ. "In boxing the stronger and faster person wins. In chess the better player wins. There is no luck involved, and there is no one to blame if you lose...
...definitely the best player I've ever faced," said team member Issa N. Youssef...
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...
...October 28, Kasparov will play an eight-person clock simultaneous exhibition. Three members of the Chess Club will play against the champion, Edelman said, including Vivek Rao '92, Issa Youssef '90 and Andrew H. Serotta '91. Kasparov will also face Anna Akhsharumova, one of the top woman players in America, an unannounced faculty member, an unannounced alumnus and two IBM computers...