Show 6A Standard-Examin- FAMILY CIRCUS by Bil Keane Monday September 26 1988 er DRABBLE by Kevin Fagan AWADP-AS"!- ! People Hitech doesn’t throw any tantrums on chess plays Fort Lauderdale News & Chess genius often is tinged with a streak of the bizarre But forget Bobby Fischer America’s newest chess sensation Hitech doesn’t throw any tantrums It just beeps when it moves Sunday afternoon in New York Hitech a chess computer completed an unprecedented four-gam- e match victory against a human opponent international grandmaster Arnold Denker of Fort Lauderdale Fla No computer had ever won a game against an international grandmaster — the highest ranking a chess player can attain Hitech won not just one but three straight games from Denker after a played cautiously 47-mo- draw on Thursday night “The machine gave me a real trimming” Denker said after Sunday's loss “I am very impressed” Throughout the match Hitech played “very creatively” said Hans Berliner 59 principal research scientist for the computer science department of University in Pittsburgh where Hitech was bom in Carne-gie-Mell- 1985 Since then many refinements have been made in Hitech’s chess knowledge including its ability to recognize and evaluate patterns The machine which can evaluate 140000 moves a second was strong enough to win the Pennsylvania state championship in July “I feel within 10 years there will be a computer world champion of chess” Berliner said “It is also possiole it could happen earlier” For Denker the loss was a bitter disappointment He had spent weeks studying Hitech’s games “I had never seen him so concerned before a match” said his friend Don Schultz of Highland Beach Fla “He was in awe of the machine” Said Denker: “Don told me the machine psyched me out I think he was right” No chess player HG Wells wrote sleeps well Denker after a loss on Friday tough night spent hours wondering why he did not adjourn the game — as he had a right to do — once 50 moves had been played “Friday night I was exhausted I continued to play after five hours which was a mistake” he 57-mo- ve said Friday’s loss was followed by a debacle on Saturday when Denker blundered away a pawn and resigned in a hopeless position “On Saturday I just played very badly” said Denker 74 “Once you make a mistake against the machine that’s it” On Sunday Hitech won with an opening novelty followed by a Bishop sacrifice that exposed Denker’s uncastled black King to a virulent attack Denker had to resign after only 23 moves — about half the length of most chess games The man vs machine match played to a crowd of about 150 that included both the curious and the connoisseur at Green- MOM MU5T L TMCOGWT BXCL on someone eise 17-mo- ve wich Village’s New School for cial Research MOO STILL BE HOtii COULD CSOOTEIL? ONELWd PEANUTS by Charles M Schulz So- Hitech the host computer nevIt sent its er left Camegie-Mello- n moves via telephone lines to a p terminal run by Murray Campbell one of Berliner’s assistants who sat across from Denker The moves also were transmitted to chess fans nationwide by Leisure LINC a a network GARFIELD by Jim Davis lap-to- compute- r-telephone Bridge By B JAY and STEVE BECKER King Features Syndicate West dealer Neither side vulnerable NORTH AK 10972 8? A O A97 4 A-- K6 EAST WEST A 5 84 109652 85 8? Q 0 K O J842 8 7 4 Q 62 753 K SOUTH A QJ63 V J3 O J10 3 AQ 103 The bidding: West North 2 V Dble Pass 6 A East 3 0 led the king of diamonds It is worth noting however that the likely that West held the jack Following the courage of her contract would have made on any convictions at trick five she led lead other If East leads a heart the clubs and when West ten of for example declarer simply wins let followed low it ride! It was and eliminates hearts clubs and a simple matter to cash the then before a diamond ducking trumps king return to her hand with a to East who is endplayed spade and discard two diamonds At the second table the bidding of took an unusual turn when West from dummy on the diaShe a clubs then conceded started the proceedings with a mond and claimed the slam salvery skimpy weak two heart bid After North doubled East bid vaging a tie on the deal three diamonds which by partnership agreement showed heart CHESS QUIZ support while at the same time a lead diamond a As by Shelby Lyman requesting result of these shenanigans South HO NO 00 O 9)1 NM HX became declarer in six spades and West’s opening diamond lead 3 put the contract in distinct jeope ardy However Sharon Osberg the declarer found the solution to s her predicament by turning the opponent’s bidding against them 9 She put up the ace of diamonds I cashed the ace of spades and ace of hearts and then led a spade to 9 South 4 A Opening lead — eight of dia- monds This deal occurred in the semifinals of the 1987 World Women’s Team Championship in a match between two teams from the United States When the deal was played at the first table North wound up in six spades and had no trouble making twelve tricks after East the queen At this point she knew that East had most likely started with four hearts four or five diamonds and exactly two spades This in turn meant that West held more clubs than East making it more QR QN QB K Q I'M AFRAID YOU'RE ABOUT A THOUSAND MILES SHORT OF YOUR DESTINATION WHERE'S ALL TREES? 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