USA. Soviet grandmaster, ex-world champion Anatoly Karpov proved that behind the chessboard, a person still has an advantage over the most advanced chess programs. As reported by the Associated Press, in the city of Cambridge /state of Massachusetts/ he defeated the American supercomputer "Deep Sot", capable of analyzing up to 60,000 moves per second.

The machine surrendered in view of the inevitable loss. In addition, Anatoly Karpov's "rival" was in a tight time frame.

During the game, which lasted more than two hours, Karpov reached a positional advantage and sacrificed a pawn. He managed to block the enemy's pawns and then resolutely invade the computer's pawns with the king...

In the photo: Anatoly Karpov during a chess game.

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