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Subject: Re: Is computer chess getting boring or is it just me ??

Author: Michael Fuhrmann

Date: 17:31:38 08/14/01

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On August 14, 2001 at 13:30:27, ERIQ wrote:

>If asked ten years ago I would have said no computer chess is very exciting.
>
>But what about now, comps are better than almost everyone at the game their is
>no more tension or suspense the only question now is how many moves will the
>human play before he loses.
>
>I think now all questions about how strong they are (title or not) have been
>answered already. Hardware has grown to the point that for less that $2000
>anyone can have a duel system over 800mhz. I never thought that I would see this
>happen or say this but what do we do now ??


Beating humans is nothing. That just scratches the surface of chess, which will
continue to pose software and hardware challenges until the game is solved -- in
other words, for a  very long time to come. Addressing those challenges will
remain interesting -- at least to those who find such things interesting.




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