Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 13:32:14 03/17/00
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On March 17, 2000 at 16:27:38, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: >Botvinnik´s ideas were highly original and led to >many stimulating publications on computer chess. >Unfortunately Botvinnik´s most active period as a >researcher into computer chess coincided with the >era when access to computer time in the Soviet Union >was severely limited.Had he been given access to >virtually unlimited amounts of time on powerful >computers,there is no telling how much he and his >programmers could have achieved. David Levy and >Monty Newborn,1991 Yes, and this is nonsense on the order of, "the check is in the mail", "my dog ate it", "I would have played better, but I'm sick", and "we'll send you an update next week". bruce >---------------------------------------------------- >Botvinnik has always been a firm believer that a >computer can become World Champion. >George Koltanowski,CHESSNICDOTES II,1981 >---------------------------------------------------- >Source: >http://www.muq.org/~cynbe/in-memoriam/botvinnik.html JAFM
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