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Subject: Re: Point of advanced chess?

Author: James Robertson

Date: 12:55:44 06/15/99

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On June 15, 1999 at 05:40:24, walter irvin wrote:

>On June 15, 1999 at 03:05:02, Charles Unruh wrote:
>
>>  If advanced chess can result in performances like karpov put in, what's the
>>point?  He could have gotten the same score if he had no computer at all.
>
>
>the only reason advanced chess is played is that man has finally admitted that
>the machine is better than he is,other wise karpov could have just played his
>game,yes his game if he really thought he could beat the computer.advance chess
>is there so the computer will find things that the great gm's can not see
>without them period.

You miss the point completely. Man has not admitted that Chessbase 7 on a P450
is better than he is, he has just decided to use technology to help him. The
man+computer is a _team_, not a human mechanically playing whatever the machine
says.

I suppose it is similar to using chairs during the match; man has discovered
that if he sits down during the game, he is more likely to win. :)

James



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