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The man who takes on supercomputers faces the Xbox generation

December 11, 2014 11:36
Celebrity squares: the pupils can hardly believe their luck as they face Kasparov

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Rosa Doherty,

Rosa Doherty

1 min read

They practised for weeks for the lesson they were about to have with their new master.

For he was a grandmaster, and not just any grandmaster, but former world champion, Garry Kasparov, a man used to challenging supercomputers.

Even so, when 15 of the game's finest from the Akiva School Chess Team faced the Russian legend, they were playing to win.

But he made no allowances when playing the top state school in the National Primary Schools Chess Team Championship.

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