Oh sure everyone is still buzzing about the exciting Superbowl game Sunday, but what about America’s other great sports obsession, chess? On February 10th 1996 world chess champion/Russian presidential candidate Garry Kasparov played chess against a computer specifically designed to beat him.
What was the name of the computer?
Helpful hint! A library database like Academic Search Premier is ideal to find the answer and when you do drop a line here arhudson@stthomas.edu
As always there are no prizes for correct answers just the satisfaction of seeing your name up in lights.
Speaking of names up in lights, last week I asked for the title of a wickedly funny movie about the dark side of high school elections. The answer, amusingly enough is Election. The correct answers were provided by the campus experts on Nebraska high school politics
Lindsey Hines
Thomas Engrav
Holly Schultz
Marianne Hageman
Pat Sirek
Ann Kenne
Thanks to all who played!