February 1995  Games Magazine - Out Of This World GAMES  

Has an article about Man vs Machine - An Update  Chess Genius2 program knocked out Garry Kasparov and another Grandmaster before falling to GM Viswanathan Anand at Intel Grand Prix Chess event last September in London.  The software challenger was also formidable in checkers, in the World Checkers Championship last August in Boston. Chinook vs reigning Champion Dr. Marion Tinsley, after 6 draws, Dr. Tinsley withdrew because of illness and replaced by his student Don Lafferty which in a 20-game battle each won a game and drew the rest.  In the end American Checker Federation declared GM Tinsley still champ, as he hadn't been defeated. 


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