Battle of the Space<br > Captives<br >~ ( ~heckmate!" The Robot triumphantly announced his vic-<br > xJ tory. The lights in his clear bubble-shaped head flashed on<br > and off while the knobs on his control panel clicked excitedly.<br > His head whirled around a few times before he crowed， "That s<br > three games to one， Will Robinson. Too bad for you."<br > Will， the Robot s ten-year-old opponent， looked at the chess-<br > board and shook his blond head. "Show-offi Remember， no- t<br > body likes a bad winner. Remind me to program some modesty<br > into you the next time you have a tune-up."<br > Will looked at the three-dimensional holographic chess-<br > board and scratched his head. That was the third time this<br > week that the Robot had beaten him in chess. And to think<br > that Will was the one who had programmed the Robot to play<br > chess in the first place! He had obviously programmed him a<br > bit too well. Now Will had two choices -- he could either re-<br >program the Robot， or learn to play a better game of chess.<br > Will opted for perfecting his chess game. Quickly he reset<br >the holographic pieces on the multilevel video chessboard. "I ll<br >"