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Atticus History - Part 3: by John
Carleton
Sensational archive material has recently been released by
the British Library, and, as with all documents relating to the noble game, a
priority copy was promptly forwarded to the Club in recognition of the high
esteem in which we are held throughout the academic world. Here is an extended
extract from the most exciting document, one which casts
new light on the origins of Atticus.
League tables 09/10
See our latest team
positions in Divs 1, 2, 3 & 5
(updated 03 Feb for
Atticus 2 & 3).
Linares,
12 -25
February
This year the Linares tournament involves just six players,
two short of the usual eight. With Corus
ending in late January and overlapping with
Gibtelecom
perhaps this is not so surprising.
Speculation last year that the event would be shared with
Dubai in 2010 has come to nothing.
Players: Veselin Topalov, Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk,
Francisco Vallejo Pons, Boris Gelfand and for the first time in a
super-tournament Vugar Gashimov.
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
In 1997, amidst much media fanfare about the showdown between artificial and human intelligence, GM Gary Kasparov
lost a set of matches against IBM's thinking computer Deep Blue.
The documentary GAME OVER
charts the real-life battle between man and machine, with little more than two
bespectacled men staring at a chessboard in the controversial match where world
chess champion Garry Kasparov lost to a computer.
On Wednesday, 10 Feb at 6:00pm, FACT (Foundation for
Art and Creative Technology), 88 Wood Street,
Liverpool, L1 4DQ, will be screening this famous DVD followed by an engaging talk and analysis with
Professor David Robertson, Liverpool academic and world-class chess impresario,
who helped organise Liverpool's hugely successful EU chess tournament in 2008.
David will discuss the themes in the film, and divulge secrets about the
evolution of Grand Master chess players that will be of interest to chess
fanatics, beginners, and gamers alike
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more
Tickets are now available online. Prices: £4.00 / £3.00 (Members &
concs).
Atticus and FS Dortmund on Tour 2010
Some members of
FS 98 Chess Club
Dortmund
plan to visit Liverpool and Atticus Chess Club this Spring (exact dates tbc). They will be
staying together in a hotel and would like to explore the city for a period of
seven days. We intend to play them in a friendly/competitive match and there will be an
opportunity for informal socialising. More information will be available soon.
Anyone who would like to visit Dortmund in September 2010 is
asked to register their initial interest by sending an email to Martin Blasczyk
(martin.blasczyk@t-online.de).
Pit Schulenburg (FS 98 Chess Club Dortmund) would like to know by the end of
January/beginning of February roughly how many members of our club are planning
to visit Dortmund. Click for more details.
