"He's a master chess player, " says one political analyst.

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If someone is facing a chess master, change the game board to Go, or checkers.

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Fifteen years ago IBM finally beat chess master Garry Kasparov with its 1.4-ton Deep Blue supercomputer.

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IBM's chess-playing supercomputer Deep Blue and its predecessor took six years of fine-tuning before finally beating chess master Garry Kasparov in 1997.

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Others will condemn him for losing what he referred to as a game of chess to a master tactician - President Sarkozy of France - who'd always argued that Britain had no role influencing a currency they'd chosen to stay out of.

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