Nevertheless Votbinnik did not resign. The Machine sealed a move. Its
board blacked out and Vanderhoef, with one of his assistants standing
beside him to witness, privately read the move off a small indicator
on the console. Tomorrow he would feed the move back into the Machine
when play was resumed at the morning session.
Doc sealed a move too although he was two pawns down in his game
against Grabo and looked tired to death.
"They don't give up easily, do they?" Sandra observed to Dave. "They
must really love the game. Or do they hate it?"
"When you get to psychology it's all beyond me," Dave replied. "Ask me
something else."