Author: Colin Frayn
Date: 09:25:10 05/16/00
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On May 16, 2000 at 10:40:22, Frederic Friedel wrote: >I have heard that this weekend FIDE banned computers from any rated tournaments, >plus announced sanctions against organisers who ignore this ruling. Does anyone >have more information or a URL on this matter? To be honest I wouldn't blame them. I mean computers play a different game to Humans, and half the idea of the tournament games is to see how well humans can concentrate and play against each other under enormous pressure. Computers don't feel pressure, nor are they prone to tactical mistakes (or at least nowhere near as much) and they rely on a lot of data which they can recall prerfectly every time without the fear of making mistakes. Having computers in human tournaments is becoming a bit of a farce anyway with all the complaints. With computers getting better and better it's soon going to be like all other sports. I mean - how many robots do you see competing in the olympics? Same idea, surely? It would make endurance running seem trivial - an athlete who never tires..... Feel free to ignore me. Cheers, Col
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