Chess

Police Detain Hundreds of Opposition Activists in Moscow

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Russian authorities pulled hundreds of opposition activists off buses and trains and detained them along with scores of others on Saturday ahead of a rare anti-government rally in Moscow, organizers are quoted by the Associated Press news agency.

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December 17, 2006

Kramnik’s Blunder Allows Computer to Checkmate

Kramnik VS Deep Fritz. Photo: RAG

One of the many differences between human beings and computers is that computers do not have blind spots, as world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik did in game two of his match against the Deep Fritz software on Monday.

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November 28, 2006