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Article: Curtains for Kasparov? (chess master Gary Kasparov)(includes related article on the Kasparov vs. Deep Blue tournament)(Cover Story)
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- Popular Science
- Article date:
- March 1, 1996
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If IBM's Deep Blue makes the reigning world chess champion cry uncle, computer scientists will have consummated a 50-year quest.
Gary Kasparov came bounding down the stairs into the turn-of-the-century hotel lobby a little after 7 p.m., having just put on his first real clothes of the day, a sweater and sport jacket. This was, after all, Champneys, a world-renowned health farm 50 miles northwest of London, frequented by the likes of Princess Di. Until our meeting, Kasparov had either been in a workout suit or clad in a towel while getting a massage.
The day before, Kasparov had flown in from Moscow, his home. He planned to spend a week here exercising and ...