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Subject: Re: Kasparov, Anand to have lobotomies

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 01:25:36 06/04/99

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On June 03, 1999 at 20:38:48, Peter McKenzie wrote:

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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.

Peter, you as a former moderator should decrease the level of sarcasm.
It seemed to be a serious question.



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