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Subject: Re: The new holy grail of computer chess

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 21:14:42 11/02/02

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On November 02, 2002 at 22:51:25, Bob Durrett wrote:

>What, exactly, is a holy grail?
>
>Does it have something to do with Monty Python?

Yes, the movie was a metaphor for chess. Checkmate is the holy grail, and Monty
Python was the code name for an old chess engine. So...Monty Python was
searching for the holy grail...



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