Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:00:48 10/25/01
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On October 25, 2001 at 11:52:43, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 25, 2001 at 10:03:49, Joshua Lee wrote: > >>I like the Error Bars Idea, DO You Really think that All The Players Over 2700 >>Stand a Chance against Someone of Fischers Strength at his Peak?? Ratings >>Must've Inflated Atleast Since 1970. > >I do not know but I will not be surprised if the 2700 of today are better than >fisher at his peak. > >It is possible that humans today know better thanks to the ability to train with >computers. >It is possible that the level of play of bobby fisher when he got his 2785's >rating is enough today only for 2650 or 2700. Or vice-versa. I think there are two big factors in chess greatness. 1. Some kind of raw, innate talent to see the board and future possibilities. (Too bad I don't have this!) 2. Study of the game (anyone can do this, but retention is another matter). What happens if we bring Morphy back? What if we let him study all the latest stuff too? Such things make for interesting debate, but they are really angels on the heads of pins ideas. Fischer is still alive, but is he as strong as he used to be? Again, we can't possibly know. That's one of the nice things about computer programs. They don't get old and die. So if we want to know how an ancient Nimzo does against the latest version, we can dust it off, and run a few hundred games.
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