Author: Will Singleton
Date: 23:58:46 08/15/99
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On August 15, 1999 at 04:47:50, Ed Schröder wrote: >GM's are by far superior when the topic is understanding the game of chess >and that will remain for a very long time and maybe even after 100 years. > Ed, It's great to see these games on ICC; I really like your initiative. I must disagree with your statement above, however. 100 years? Did you perhaps mean 10 years? 10 years ago, you were using perhaps a 68020 at 25 mhz. You are now running at 600 mhz, effectively about 30x faster (considering cache etc). In 10 years we might have 20 ghz machines, which means that a 3 minute think today will take 6 seconds then. This is not even considering advances in chess algorithms, which will certainly occur. So, I must take issue with your concept of "chess understanding," since that can only be measured by wins and losses. If a computer beats a GM, by definition it has better understood the game. In 10 years, it's clear that no human will be able to contend with commercial programs running on off-the-shelf hardware. Since you have a propensity for gambling, would you like to make a wager on that? Will
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