Applicants, who should be skilled in computing and mathematics, may be asked to play a chess grandmaster as part of the entrance procedure. "I am not saying they would have to defeat Kasparov, but when I analyse this game I must see potential," said Professor Vas. He says Kasparov's agent is optimistic the ex-world champion will agree to give lectures. "It's about strategy and tactics, and how you can get a chess computer that can gradually learn by itself to become the strongest intelligent machine in the world," said Professor Vas. He said the idea was to design the computers using techniques from the study of artificial intelligence.