Word: player
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...felt handled," says world champion backgammon player William G. Robertie '68. "He was on top of things and infallible...
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...
Still, even if you lose, "it's easier to play a better player because you can follow their logic," says Noam D. Elkies...
Last week in New York, Kasparov played another computer, known as Deep Thought and touted as the best computer chess player ever made...
...infallible as he has been called, Kasparov may have made a mistake in his estimate. "Kasparov is just a stronger player," says Feng Hsiung, who helped develop the machine. But he says that Deep Thought can already play chess better than the computer analysts who programmed it. The computer can review 700,000 moves per second...