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IBM's Watson project was an exercise for the company in how to build machines that can better anticipate user needs. "Jeopardy" proved to be a formidable challenge for IBM, even more of a challenge than its work on building a chess-playing computer...
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Carlsen is the superstar of the game, a status he demonstrates for 60 Minutes cameras by playing 10 expert players at once, without ever looking at the boards. It's a status he has been working on since he was a child. When he was 13 years old, he drew...
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One of the organisers of the opposition rally 'For Fair Elections,' former chess champion Garry Kasparov, takes part in the rally in central Moscow, on February 4, 2012, to urge Putin to quit power ahead of March 4 polls in which Putin is planning to... View Photo »
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Medvedev was a kind of trap, an illusionary hope
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IBM's Watson project was an exercise for the company in how to build machines that can better anticipate user needs. "Jeopardy" proved to be a formidable challenge for IBM, even more of a challenge than its work on building a chess-playing computer...
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IBM's Watson project was an exercise for the company in how to build machines that can better anticipate user needs. "Jeopardy" proved to be a formidable challenge for IBM, even more of a challenge than its work on building a chess-playing computer...
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4. What IBM computer first defeated chess champ Garry Kasparov on Feb. 10, 1996? 5. Who wrote the play "Death of a Salesman"? 7. What was Leslie Nielsen's name in the "Naked Gun" films? 8. Before 1989, what was the name of Myanmar? 9. Who was the artist...
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Russian opposition leaders Boris Nemtsov, center, and Garry Kasparov, second left, attend a massive protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule in Moscow, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Tens of thousands of Russians flooded downtown Moscow on Saturday... View Photo »
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That leaves the gang of activists who for years have led sparsely attended demonstrations and suffered routine detention as a result. Oldest among them is former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, who is 48 and has promoted democracy's cause since...
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This was the first time that a computer had defeated a reigning chess world champion in a standard tournament game. Though Kasparov would come out ahead of Deep Blue in the overall match — two draws and three wins — it was short lived. When the two...
About Garry Kasparov
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Garry Kasparov (Russian: Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров; Russian pronunciation: [ˈgarʲɪ ˈkʲiməvʲɪtɕ kɐˈsparəf]) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union; now Azerbaijan) is a Russian former World Chess Champion, often regarded to have been the greatest chess player of all time. He is also a writer and... Full Article
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Two of the organisers of the upcoming opposition rally 'For Fair Elections,' anti-Kremlin blogger Alexei Navalny (R) and former chess champion Garry Kasparov (L), speak as they attend a meeting of the rally organisers in Moscow, on January 31, 2012. Opposition movement plans to...
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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 25: Garry Kasparov, chess grandmaster and a member of the Russian opposition political party, delivers closing keynote remarks at the Heritage Foundation's conference on the Russian Reset October 25, 2011 in Washington DC. Kasparov and other opposition leaders...
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Garry Kasparov, a Russian opposition leader and former world chess champion, second from left, reacts during a news conference in Moscow, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Prominent members of Russia's beleaguered political opposition are calling on voters to boycott December's parliamentary...
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Russian opposition leaders Sergei Udaltsov, right, and Garry Kasparov, left, react during a news conference in Moscow, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Prominent members of Russia's beleaguered political opposition are calling on voters to boycott December's parliamentary elections.
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World Chess champion and Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov (L) and leading member of the Left Front opposition movement, Sergei Udaltsov (R) attend a news conference in Moscow on October 5, 2011 devoted to upcomming Parliamentary elections scheduled on December 4, 2011 in Russia.
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Chess grandmaster, World Chess Champion and Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov attends a news conference in Moscow on October 5, 2011 devoted to upcomming Parliamentary elections scheduled on December 4, 2011 in Russia.
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The organisers of the upcoming opposition rally 'For Fair Elections' discuss their plans while meeting in Moscow, on January 31, 2012. Shown (R-L): former chess champion Garry Kasparov, internet-activist Alexander Ryklin, ecowarrior Yevgenia Chirikova, liberal activist Leonid Gozman,...
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Russian opposition leaders (front row L-R): Vladimir Ryzhkov, Gennady Gudkov, Garry Kasparov and Olga Romanova listen during a meeting with other opposition leaders in Moscow December 23, 2011. More than 40,000 Russians have signed up to protest in Moscow on Saturday against a disputed...
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - JUNE 08: Garry Kasparov announces the 'Kasparov Chess Foundation Europe' during a press conference at Hotel Bloom on June 8, 2011 in Brussels, Belgium.
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - JUNE 08: Silvio Danailov, Garry Kasparov and Jan Callewaert pose for a photo after a press conference at Hotel Bloom on June 8, 2011 in Brussels, Belgium.
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Former chess world champion Garry Kasparov speaks during the launch of the Kasparov Chess Foundation Europe in Brussels June 8, 2011. The mission of the Foundation will be to promote chess in schools, especially amongst children and young people throughout Europe.
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Russian opposition leaders Boris Nemtsov, left, and Garry Kasparov attend a human rights conference marking the 90th birthday anniversary of Andrei Sakharov, Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist, in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, May 20, 2011.
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Chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion and one of the leaders of Russian political opposition, Garry Kasparov, plays simultaneous chess games in Porto Alegre on September 6, 2011, during his visit to Brazil. Kasparov has become one of the Kremlin's most outspoken critics -- a...
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Police officers detain Olga Kurnosova, the leader of the St. Petersburg branch of Garry Kasparov�s United Civil Front movement, during a protest to defend Article 31 of the Russian constitution in St.Petersburg, August 31, 2011. Article 31 guarantees the right of assembly.
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Russian opposition leaders Boris Nemtsov, center, and Garry Kasparov, second left, attend a massive protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule in Moscow, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Tens of thousands of Russians flooded downtown Moscow on Saturday to demand an end to Putin's rule,...
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