Sentence examples for chess victory from inspiring English sources

(He was off by a year — Deep Blue's chess victory came in 1997).

"In another life Ramzan's weaknesses would have manifested no tragedy greater than a cheated chess victory," he writes.

His teachers are amazed when they hear of his chess victories — not so much at his revealing mental powers that they hadn't suspected as at his being able to sit still for the five hours a tournament game may last.

Another strong indication of the remarkable progress that China is making in chess is the victory of its Women's Olympiad team in Bled, Slovenia this month.

The film depicts Fischer's rise to preëminence in the world of chess and his victory over the Soviet grandmaster and reigning world champion Boris Spassky (Liev Schreiber) in a match in Reykjavik, in 1972.

In the world of chess, Carlsen's victory marks the arrival of a new generation.

Anand finally achieved his place in the list of generally recognized world chess champions with his victory in the 2007 FIDE World Chess Championship, a double round-robin tournament against most of the best players in the world.

In chess, he notes, the "victory" of the computer program Deep Blue over Garry Kasparov had the paradoxical effect of convincing a whole generation of young chess players that the route to a grandmaster title was through rote memorization of famous matches.

Jennifer Shahade, the United States Women's Chess Champion, said: "Karpov's victory is shocking.

Petrosian's victory caused a "chess boom" in the country, Mikayel Andriasyan, the secretary-general of the A.C.F., told me.

NATHANIEL LAGEMANN had just clinched a tournament victory at a chess club in Santa Monica, Calif., when the artist Diana Thater found him discussing the match with his final opponent.