 What is the significance of the players’ names?
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. Flesh-and-blood chess masters have lost games by blunders they could have avoided by looking only one or two moves ahead.
 The players’ names correspond with what country has the most chess mastery, with Russian names hold the utmost interest.
 The players’ names correspond with which countries won World War II  The players’ names represent how chess rivals reflect political rivals.  The players’ names signify the level of competence each chess master has, with American names being the most competent.  The players’ names correspond with what country has the most chess mastery, with Russian names hold the utmost interest.