Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov normal chess tournament conditions, and in particular, time controls. "February 11". The second game began with the Open Catalan Opening. Kasparov played in what could be called a preemptive style blocking all Deep Blue's attempts. The game lasted for 73 moves but eventually Deep Blue's operator had to resign the game for the computer in a position where both players had a bishop but Kasparov had three pawns to Deep Blue's one. "February 13". In the third game Kasparov played the Sicilian Defence to which Deep Blue responded with the Alapin Variation. The game lasted for 39 moves and was
Music for Reliquary House / In 1980 I Was a Blue Square Point Never side "Music for Reliquary House", a composition and set of remixes of audio Lopatin produced for Nate Boyce's audiovisual project "Reliquary House". The primary sounds of the composition are bits of computer-produced human speech reconstructed into new sounds. The second half, "In 1980 I Was A Blue Square" by Rene Hell, is a suite of minimalist contemporary classical music that also includes electronic sounds. For both Daniel Lopatin and Jeff Witscher, Music For Reliquary House and In 1980 I Was A Blue Square are shifts from their early synthesizer-heavy recordings to electroacoustic music. "Pitchfork" journalist Nick Neyland called