 What statement would many of the chess players at the tournament NOT agree with?
Samples: "They say the Machine has been programmed to play nothing but pure Barcza System and Indian Defenses—and the Dragon Formation if anyone pushes the King Pawn." Sandra's chief difficulty was that she knew absolutely nothing about the game of chess—a point that she had slid over in conferring with the powers at the Space Mirror , but that now had begun to weigh on her. "You know nothing whatsoever of chess—so you will be able to write about it understandably for your readers." What the Machine can do is examine all the likely lines of play for about eight moves ahead—that is, four moves each for White and Black—and then decide which is the best move on the basis of capturing enemy pieces, working toward checkmate, establishing a powerful central position and so on." In crucial situations, say where there's a chance of winning at once by trapping the enemy king, he examines many more moves ahead than that—thirty or forty even. But in most chess positions the possibilities are so very nearly unlimited that even a grandmaster can only look a very few moves ahead and must rely on his judgment and experience and artistry. Flesh-and-blood chess masters have lost games by blunders they could have avoided by looking only one or two moves ahead. One of the five wall chessboards was considerably larger than the other four—the one above the Machine.
 The Machine is impossible to win against.
 The Machine is impossible to win against.  There comes pride in winning against the Machine.  Chess tournaments are serious competitions.  Chess is a tedious game.