Category Archives: chess and poker

Kasparov Reviews "Chess Metaphors"

Garry Kasparov’s “The Chess Master and the Computer” (The New York Review of Books, February 11, 2010) offers not only an excellent review of Diego Rasskin-Gutman’s Chess Metaphors: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Mind but extensive reflections by the world’s … Continue reading

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Jeff Sarwer Interview: Poker and Chess

Jennifer Shahade’s “Lost and Found: An Interview with Jeff Sarwer” at the USCF website is worth a read, especially if you are among those numerous chess players with an interest in poker. I have made mention of Sarwer before on … Continue reading

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Jeff Sarwer, Chess Prodigy Turned Poker Star

Watch EPT 6 Warsaw Day 4: Jeff Sarwer profile on PokerStars.tvChild chess prodigy Jeff Sarwer (see the film at his official site) is back in the news after finishing third in the 6th season of the European Poker Tour, as … Continue reading

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