"NOT A GAME OF CHESS":

Chess Master, Computer End Series in Tie (MADISON J. GRAY, Nov 18, 2003, AP)

World chess champion Garry Kasparov tied his computerized opponent X3D Fritz in a final match Tuesday, leaving the four-game series in a draw.

The match pitted Kasparov against a 12-year-old computer program that has recently been developed into a virtual reality game by X3D Technologies.

The previous three games in the series averaged more than three hours each; Tuesday's clocked in at under two hours.

"It looked like a short game, but for me it was not a game of chess, it was more of a gamble," said Kasparov, 40. "It's very, very important that we're learning. Machines are getting better but we're also learning." [...]

Tuesday's draw earned Kasparov $175,000; he would have earned $200,000 if he won and $150,000 if he lost.

Sure pays better than a slot machine.

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 18, 2003 10:19 PM