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Kasparov Reloaded

Legendary chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov scored an important victory against his opponent X3D Fritz in the third game of the latest matchup of man-versus-machine.

In this real-world analogue of the Matrix battles, Kasparov forced a winning position after 16 moves, going into automatic until four hours later, when the machine's programmers resigned on the 45th move.

The chess match is played on a virtual board, with Kasparov donning special glasses for three-dimensional viewing. Human moves are called out and interpreted by a voice recognition system.

Kasparov needed the win to stay in contention in the four-game match. The first game of the series was drawn; but in a breathtaking second game, the machine champion blasted its human foe after a blunder by Kasparov.

The fourth and final game is scheduled for this Tuesday.