Sentences with phrase «opponent at chess»

Not exact matches

The event apparently didn't leave one Nigel Lawson, also in attendance, in raptures; a fellow audience member told me he spotted the former chancellor playing a game of chess on his iPad at one point, more concerned with his opponent than his surroundings.

At the top of the chess pantheon was Bobby Fischer, chessmaster and one time world champion, who was able to play entire games in his head and could outplay almost any other opponent.

The deep strategy with slight random elements makes the game feel like a cross of chess and poker, and I love trying to out - guess my opponents while simultaneously hoping I draw the right card at the right time.

Their skill at manipulating and «coaching» their computers to look very deeply into positions effectively counteracted the superior chess understanding of their grandmaster opponents and the greater computational power of other participants.