World Champion Chess Champion Garry Kasparov
PHI96021102-11FEB96-PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, USA: World Champion Chess Champion Garry Kasparov plays against IBM's "Deep Blue" computer at the Association for Computing Chess Challenge, February 11, in Philadelphia. The Challenge is a series of six matches daily 10-16 Feb. Kasparov lost this first match. UPI lk/Laurence Kesterson
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