Author: Pekka Karjalainen
Date: 06:38:27 02/10/01
Go up one level in this thread
On February 09, 2001 at 09:49:59, Robert Hyatt wrote: >I don't think Tinsley thought any human could beat him. I (and many others) >happen to agree. But Chinook was something else entirely. :) He thought >enough of Jonathan and his effort to buck the checker federation and play the >match without their sanction, just so no one would ever be able to say "It is >the world champion, but it couldn't possibly have defeated Tinsley..." Compare >that kind of character with the current world chess champion. What a >difference. Who IS the current world chess champion? :-) Apparently the current BG World Champion V. Kramnik is supposed to play a Man vs. Machine challenge next autumn. There is a mention of this in the Braingames site (in the events list), but no further details at all. Does anyone think the match will actually occur? Will it be interesting? Thinking really optimistically, it might actually happen. It is probably too much to expect it will change the public perception that chess is computer-dominated (or that anyone except chess fans will pay any attention), but it still might inject just a little uncertainty into the equation if Kramnik could beat the comp hands down. I think he can do that. It'd be an interesting match to see. I am keeping my fingers crossed. Pekka Karjalainen
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.