Author: Albert Silver
Date: 06:02:52 01/30/06
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On January 30, 2006 at 08:58:29, Tony Nichols wrote:
>On January 30, 2006 at 08:41:26, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On January 30, 2006 at 08:05:54, Tony Nichols wrote:
>>
>>>On January 30, 2006 at 07:56:52, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 30, 2006 at 07:32:14, Yuriy Lyapko wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>With what right Gatlin Justin is Champion in 100m Athletics if any car is much
>>>>>faster :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>A car doesnt - run. It's driven. It needs a driver every inch! A
>>>>chesscomputerprogram plays the best chess out of itself (cheating is strictly
>>>>forbidden in chess) even without endgame tables, it can also fly and dive and
>>>>swim... ==> Rybka
>>>
>>> Let's not forget that a computer needs an operator.
>>>Regards
>>>Tony
>>
>>Only if you need an external board, otherwise it only needs help to get the game
>>ready. Not much different than someone showing a blind person where the starting
>>line is in the Special Olympics. The blind person is still the person doing the
>>running.
>
>
>Hello Albert,
>
> As far as I know, Historically chess has been played on an "external board"
>exclusively. Only in recent times have games been played on monitors. In all but
>one man vs. machine match(Kasparov vs X3d Fritz) the games were played on a real
>chessboard.
>Regards
>Tony
Sure, but you compared this to driving a car. A driver has a heavy influence on
a race's outcome. The only way an operator will influence is by making a
mistake.
Albert
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