Author: Slater Wold
Date: 22:31:50 04/25/02
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On April 26, 2002 at 01:16:31, Dana Turnmire wrote:
>I must say that for a long time I kept hope alive that computers would never be
>able to dominate the top human players in a serious match. Needless to say this
>very thing is in the process of happening as we sit here. In 1963 I.A. Horowitz
>and P.L. Rothenberg wrote a book entitled "The Complete Book of Chess." In
>chapter 19 ("The Future of Chess") they write:
>
>"That a richly endowed robot will one day be able to play a highly skillful game
>of Chess leaves no room for doubt. On the other hand, in the absence of a
>fantastic superspeed electronic brain, the Chess championship of the world is
>likely to be retained by humans for centuries to come."
>
>I don't know what "superspeed" meant back in 1963 but it seems that in the near
>future a simple desktop computer with a 50$ chess program will be able to take
>on the human world champion and win. Sad to me.
I think 2.0Ghz (the least amount of mhz used in the GM games of late) pretty
much defines "superspeed" of 1963.
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