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Subject: Re: Smirin - GT: good news for computer chess

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 17:11:36 04/28/02

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On April 28, 2002 at 19:57:48, José Carlos wrote:

>  Yes, good news!
>  Some years ago, we were impressed and suprised every time a chess program
>beated an IM or GM, and the programmer received a lot of congratulations and
>compliments.
>  Now, one of the strongest players in the world wins a game against a program
>and we find it a great success for humanity. It only can mean that we're now
>used to see programs winning over and over against strong players.

That's incorrect IMO. The primary effort thus far have been concentrated on
discovering whether the engine was replaced, sabotaged or operated incorrectly
when it lost. Not exactly the greatest achievement of humanity.

Regards,
Mogens

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