51. So the programmers essentially have to ask Benjamin to think less like a chess player and more like a computer. 52. So the programmers need to ask more and more questions, essentially asking Benjamin to think less like a chess player and more like a computer. 53. Some of the tables are set up to accommodate chess players, and other board games are also available, along with newspapers. 54. Smith, it turns out, is also an avid chess player. 55. That idea is supported by many chess players, who view it as an opportunity for competing for the world title, not to mention making money. 56. The automaton has mechanical hands that move the pieces on a chess board, while the operator, a human chess player, crouches concealed in the cabinet beneath. 57. The chess players concentrated, oblivious amid the hoopla. 58. The key skill that chess players rehearse in practicing is, of course, selecting the best move. 59. The members get help from Hughes, a master chess player and former chess team captain at the University of California, Los Angeles. 60. The lack of women competitive chess players bothers her. |