NAMES IN THE NEWS : Karpov to Challenge Computer
Anatoly Karpov, ranked No. 2 in the world of chess, plans to give a championship computer program another shot to show machines are smarter than humans.
On Friday, Karpov will match his skills at Harvard University with Deep Thought, a computer program that world chess champ and fellow Soviet Gary Kasparov knocked off 2-0 in October.
“The computer is out for revenge now,” Danny Edelman, president of the Harvard University Chess Club, said Monday.
The computer program has been improved since its New York match with Kasparov and has defeated three grandmasters.
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