Author: stuart taylor
Date: 18:13:20 07/17/03
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On July 17, 2003 at 21:06:35, steven blincoe wrote: >hi Stu >>Steve, if not Kasparov, are there any others who can still clearly demonstrate >>the superiority of the human race? > >hopefully there are still a few Super GM'S left that are able to defend >Hmanity's honor >J.polgar >Anand >Leko >Krammink >to name a few.. > >the point i am making is that Kasparov had his chances and now its time for him >to step aside and let others take a crack at it >painfully, we see that if the going gets tough in a match with the computer,then >Kasparov gets going..out the door that is..check in hand..all the way to the >bank > >a man that caves in and offers a draw to the computer in a better position(to >make off with a better pay check)forfiets his right to represent human kind >against the silicon beast > >if Kasparov is the only human left to represent us,then i fear the game has been >lost..and sadly so has the game of chess been lost.. to mankind > >Steve > > > >> Your last line is quite clever! All those names you mentioned above, I was not aware of them being significantly better than Kasparov against computers. Is Leko? Anand WAS good against slightly earlier computers, but I don't know if he still has the energy he had then. Kramnic also doesn't seem to. He also seems to have forfeited his rights etc. S.Taylor
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