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Hitech's opponent in the opening round is an auditor from Milwaukee named Greg Wichman. A large rumpled man with a pocketful of pens, Wichman, whose own rating hovers just under 2000, does not look at all pleased about competing against Hitech. Playing White, he makes a traditional first move, advancing a pawn to King 4. Hitech counters, directing Berliner to move a Black pawn to the opposing square. Twenty-two moves later, the board is completely transformed. Hitech has massed its forces around the Black king. Across the way, the White king has a much smaller escort. Sunk...
...puts any calls through." Soon after this, Hitech makes what Berliner thinks is probably a mistake, but he's not completely sure. "Whenever we disagree," he whispers, "usually it's right." To his relief, the game soon turns decisively in Hitech's favor. A few minutes later, Wichman concedes and marches out to the lobby to calm his nerves with a cigarette. "That thing doesn't miss much," he says. "I guess my first reaction when I found out I had to play it was 'Oh, no!' Computers are so meticulous. There's no psychology involved. You can't even...
...Wichman cheers up considerably after Hitech makes mincemeat of two more players: an inventory manager for a Racine, Wis., restaurant and a university student from South Bend, Ind. The latter winces as an unfeeling observer calls out, "You didn't let the machine beatcha, did ya?" Contestant Daniel Kamen, an Arlington Heights, Ill., chiropractor, is considerably more empathetic. "It's a monster! You can't blow smoke in its face," he complains. "It doesn't care if you're obnoxious or if you have bad breath. You just can't rattle it. I wouldn't want to play Hitech...
...understand the police and their problems," explained Berry. Bonsib began by drawing up a 28-page, how-to-win-friends-for-cops course (sample tip: "Take advantage of every opportunity to publicly show policemen in non-badge-and-gun situations"). Next came a request to City Manager William Wichman to open wage negotiations. When he refused, Bonsib recommended citizens' petitions, house-to-house calls by police, letters to the editors...
...dozen volunteers, including Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to scale Mount Everest. It took rescuers four days to locate the seven climbers. The summit men were picked up by helicopter at 13,350 ft. Blomberg and Edwards got back to the base camp by themselves; Wichman and Shiro Nishimae were located in an igloo at 10,200 ft. They were suffering from nothing more serious than stiff muscles, frostbite and a frightening feeling that they had used up a lot of their luck. What was it like up there? Blurted one of the climbers...