NOTE FROM KIM:

Garry Kasparov, the world’s No. 1-ranked chess player,
is playing against Deep Junior, the world’s best
computer chess program.

The Top 8 Things Overhead at
Kasparov’s Computer Chess Match

8> “‘King me’? Whoops, wrong program!”

7> “It’s the battle of the century: One is cold, creepy, and impersonal, and the other’s a computer.”

6> “I refuse to make another move until Kasparov takes back that crack about vacuum tubes!”

5> “Daisy, daisy… sorry, am I disturbing you, Garry?”

4> “Check. Insert coin to continue.”

3> “Bah! That computer keeps staring at me while it’s my turn!”

2> “Now pay attention, Kasparov! This shoe contains a standard issue EMP bomb….”

and the Number 1 Thing Overhead at Kasparov’s Computer Chess
Match…

1> “I wouldn’t do that, Garry.”

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Credits:

Selected from 52 submissions from 19 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Kevin van Houten, The Colony, TX — 1
Dave Storrs, New York, NY — 2
Guy Payne, Leeds, AL — 3, 6
Gideon Griebenow, Potch, SA — 4
Daniel Attema, Adelaide, Australia — 5
Matt Hurlburt, Stow, OH — 7
Matt Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 8
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator
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