Of machines and men

18 Jan 2008 By John Zhu

The onetime world chess champion died on Friday. Fischer retired from the game before computers became contenders. Now they rule the game. Perhaps the eccentric genius should have moved into financial markets, where the manmachine contest is more even.

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