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Article: KASPAROV WINS, MOVES COMPUTER CLOSE TO DEFEAT.(NEWS)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- February 17, 1996
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Byline: Knight-Ridder Tribune News Wire
The snow fell and the wind howled, but the chill outside the Convention Center was nothing compared to the icy concentration of Garry Kasparov.
In what may have been the most restrained, most focused and most quietly dramatic performance of his historic six-game match against the IBM super computer, Deep Blue, Kasparov, 32, overcame his aggressive instincts to win in the fifth game Friday.
Going into the sixth and final round today, the Russian grand master, the highest-rated player in the history of the game, is ahead 3 points to 2. Even if he loses the final game, he can do no worse than a tie.
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