When you fall off your bike, the best thing to do is to get back on the saddle as soon as possible. It took Garry Kasparov five years to do that, and he's also playing another game of chess against a computer... This time, it's a small piece of software developed by two Israeli, called Junior. On average, the program can look ahead about 14 moves, but it has some interesting features that allow it factor intangible gain, and determine the value of taking the initiative. This sounds a lot like rote learning, where these values are learnt over time by combining and storing the result of small look ahead.