Project Gutenberg 2020-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 245 Leiber, Fritz 1910 1992 Leiber, Fritz Reuter Burns The 64-Square Madhouse The Sixty-Four-Square Madhouse Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, May 1962 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The 64-Square Madhouse" by Fritz Leiber is a science fiction novella written in the early 1960s. The story delves into the world of competitive chess, particularly focusing on an international tournament featuring an advanced chess-playing machine. The narrative explores themes of human intellect versus artificial intelligence, illustrating the complexities and psychological nuances of chess in a high-stakes environment. The plot centers on Sandra Lea Grayling, a journalist covering the tournament, who interacts with various chess grandmasters and witnesses the performance of the machine designed to compete against human players. Throughout the story, Sandra learns about the intricacies of chess, the personalities of the competitors, and the pressures they face. The tension escalates as the machine plays against renowned masters like Igor Jandorf and Mikhail Votbinnik, revealing both its strengths and limitations. Amidst the competition, characters engage in exuberant dialogue about the nature of chess, the advancements in technology, and the philosophical implications of a machine capable of strategic thought, leading to a climax that questions the future of human versus machine in the realm of intellect and competition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Journalists -- Fiction Computers -- Fiction Chess -- Tournaments -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 114928 2025-07-24T09:39:31.859656 text/html 91222 2024-10-17T15:55:18 text/html 499231 2025-07-24T09:39:34.335707 application/epub+zip 499660 2025-07-24T09:39:32.314689 application/epub+zip 104464 2025-07-24T09:39:32.056633 application/epub+zip 552083 2025-07-24T09:39:36.003608 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 543484 2025-07-24T09:39:34.096684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 148774 2022-09-27T16:30:02.113120 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 104259 2025-07-24T09:39:31.616637 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 84496 2024-10-17T15:55:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17033 2025-07-24T09:39:36.165617 application/rdf+xml 25704 2025-07-24T09:39:32.145646 image/jpeg 3999 2025-07-24T09:39:32.097692 image/jpeg 579424 2025-07-24T09:39:31.880666 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia