(NEW YORK, NY) The United States Chess Federation (USCF) is pleased to announce the upcoming four-game chess match between the world�s No. 1 ranked chess player Garry Kasparov and the X3D Fritz computer program.

Legendary chess champion, Garry Kasparov, has his X3D viewing glasses on, ready to compete against the X3D Fritz computer program in the X3D �Man vs. Machine� world championship. This historic match will mark the marriage between the most dominant chess program and the most powerful 3D software to challenge the greatest chess brain of all time. Kasparov will neither touch nor move the pieces as the voice activated X3D Fritz works its magic to create the ultimate virtual reality experience.

On Friday, November 7th, 2003, the X3D �Man vs. Machine� opening ceremony will be held for the press from 10AM � 11AM at the ESPN Zone, 1472 Broadway, NYC. Speakers will include: Ken Potziba, Sports Commissioner of Mayor Bloomberg�s Office, Garry Kasparov, John Fernandez - the X3D Fritz operator, USCF President Beatriz Marinello and Elliot Klein, the CEO of X3D Technologies.

The X3D �Man vs. Machine� championship will be held at the New York Athletic Club in New York City on November 11th, 13th, 16th and 18th 2003, in 4 matches with classic time control. The matches will be broadcast by X3D Technologies, live on the Internet at http://www.X3D.com and on the USCF website at http://www.uschess.org.

The International Computer Games Association (ICGA) and the United States Chess Federation (USCF) has sanctioned the match as the First Official World Chess Championship �X3D Man vs. Machine� in virtual reality.

The match is sponsored by X3D Technologies Corporation.

The United States Chess Federation, founded in 1939, serves as the governing body for chess in the United States and is devoted to extending the role of chess in American society. It promotes the study and knowledge of the game of chess, for its own sake as an art and enjoyment, and as a means for the improvement of society. The USCF is a not-for-profit membership organization with more than 90,000 members. For more information, please see http://www.uschess.org.