Author: Hans Gerber
Date: 06:16:38 06/14/00
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Topic: The actual situation for computerchess in human tournaments On June 13, 2000 at 22:57:09, Albert Silver wrote: >>You might say that all this is old news. But then look at FRITZ in Holland and >>the whole mix-up of protests and denials to play the machine. The DB team has >>destroyed much more than the pride of Kasparov. They have shown to the human >>players that the computer people have no respect for the human genius. And that >>they want to triumph over the human players although they do not understand the >>game of chess at all. > >How were these two last conclusions reached? > > >> Sure you will always find some humans or organizations who >>will invite computers to participate but mainly it's a question of money either >>by sponsorships or by higher numbers of spectators. The mutual respect for each >>other however has been destroyed by the behavior of the DB team in 1997. By now >>the human players do know how far the computer people are ready to go for a >>win... > >I don't agree. > > > Albert Silver > I came to the conclusions through subtle studying the articles published here in CCC. In special the reactions on the Bosboom incident. In special there a little article coming from Stefan Meyer-Kahlen. But also from many others who showed little respect for the problems of human chessplayers. Hans Gerber
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