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Subject: Re: ChessTiger 4 Wins – Grandmasters 4 Losses

Author: Otello Gnaramori

Date: 13:21:47 07/07/01

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On July 07, 2001 at 15:37:40, Mark Young wrote:

>It is a shame that some people feel that computers are a threat to the game.
>Chess is still the same game, and computers will not solve the game in our life
>times if every. I feel computer bring us greater understanding of the truth and
>the nature of chess, and will sweep away much misconceptions about the game. To
>me this is a positive not a negative

Very well put,Mark.
I think that will also contribute to debunk the myth that to play chess at
mastery levels requires a uncommon intelligence.
The cognitive factors contributing to a great performance in chess for human
players are IMO an uncommon "visual memory" to retain all the variation tree and
likewise the analyzing skills by the mind's eye.
This explains why all the greatest players are so skilled in "blindfold chess".
In this process is involved also the "pattern recognition" that grows with
expertise and helps to refers a present configuration to past situations ,
contributing to "cut" the search tree.

Regards



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