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New York Times, Sept. 26, 1989 "Chess-Playing Computer Closing In on Champions" by Robert Byrne^[1]

Lyrics

At a chess tournament in Long Beach
A machine shared first prize recently
With a human from a mixed field
Of humans and machines
A step forward for machines
On the way to checkmate
Among matches that it won
Was the one it won against
The Danish grandmaster Bert Larsen
Ranked the 96th
It works in powerful ? machines
To move about the kings and queens
And all the pieces in between
Down to the class of pawns
On another occasion it won a match
Against Robert Byrne the grandmaster
Who is also the chess columnist
For the New York Times

Chronology

Rüdiger Carl - Book (1998)
- Mayo Thompson - vocals
- Recorded July/December 1989^[2]
- Bandcamp

Interpretations

The lyrics are based on a 1989 New York Times article about the chess computer Deep Thought. The song mentions chess grandmasters Bent Larsen and Robert Byrne.
The music is a 1958 piece titled "Misterioso" by Thelonious Monk^[3]

References

[1] ttps://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/26/science/chess-playing-computer-closing-in-on-champions.html

[2] ttps://www.discogs.com/release/1926784-R%C3%BCdiger-Carl-Book-Virtual-Cowws

[3] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oHjXTZO33g

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 [[File:Misterioso-article.png|thumb|upright|New York Times, Sept. 26, 1989 "Chess-Playing Computer Closing In on Champions" by Robert Byrne<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/26/science/chess-playing-computer-closing-in-on-champions.html</ref>]]
-[[File:Misterioso-Thompson.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Mayo Thompson]] recording with Rüdiger Carl & COWWS Quintet<ref>https://twitter.com/AtBestIsKorny/status/558626869004603393</ref>]]
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