Man, machine fight to be king
Chess great Garry Kasparov virtually shut down computer program "X3D Fritz" to score a vital win in the third game of his latest man versus machine match.
World number one Kasparov, 40, had a winning position with the white pieces on Sunday after only 16 moves and coasted until the computer's programmers resigned on its 45th turn after more than four hours of play.
In the early stages, Kasparov seized a black pawn and built a wall of pawns that restricted his opponent to ineffective moves that were ridiculed as "silly" by chess experts at the New York Athletic Club venue.
The grandmaster's victory was what he needed to stay in contention in the four-game match. The first game was drawn November 11 and the computer won the second game on Thursday after Kasparov blundered.
The match is tied at 1.5 points each. One point is given for a win and a half point for draws. The fourth and final game was scheduled for Tuesday with the winner to collect $200,000.
