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Subject: Kasparov, Anand to have lobotomies

Author: Peter McKenzie

Date: 17:38:48 06/03/99

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>time available once their adversary's opening lines were completed, yet the CM
>programs scored highly. Am I missing something here or is it not logical to
>assume that the CM programs are superior performing programs than Junior,
>Hiarcs, Fritz, MCP, etc? Finally, since program opening books confer an
>advantage/handicap depending upon their completeness/accuracy, would not the
>best test of software strength be to either have programs compete without their
>opening books or from the same middlegame position? Please let me know your

Yes, FIDE agrees with you.  Garry Kasparov and Vishy Anand will soon be having a
lobotomy to remove all opening lines from their brains.  Then they will play a
match to really determine the human strongest chess player in the world.



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