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Subject: having to guess if computers are grandmasters

Author: Joe McCarron

Date: 15:42:42 07/23/98


Just today I told someone about this Anand rebel match.  The fact that rebel is
a program that most people can buy and it was on a computer that was (or at
least soon will be)available to your average consumer is what made me so
interested in the match.  This is exactly what my friend think the match was
insignificant.  After all, this is a program thats freely available you should
know what the results will be.  Of course he's right.  Theres no excuse.  The
reason we don't know is humans are afraid of computers.
The way I view it Ed and other programers (with the glaring exception of IBM)
have made there programs freely available.  Programers have told the world that
they will take on all comers any time any day.  So the blame is on the humans.
So just like I resolve doubts in favor of Paul Morphy that he would have beat
Staunton if they played I resolve doubts in favor of computers that they are
GM's.  *Any* time a *any* GM would want to set us straight they could just play
rebel in a 20 game match at whatever time controls they want.  I just find it
hard to believe this has never been done.  Why the mystery and beating around
the bush???
-Joe



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