Author: Alastair Scott
Date: 02:07:44 10/16/02
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On October 16, 2002 at 01:29:18, ludicrous wrote: >Would FIDE someday allow chess programs to regularly join the human chess >circuit? Would it allow programs to play regularly in tournaments with humans? >What is FIDE's standing on this? I suspect _never_ because it would be a PR disaster waiting to happen. Quite apart from the fact that not everyone likes computers*, the conspiracy theories here would be a mere taster of the insults and recriminations that would fly around ... it's fortunate this forum is closed as anyone unsympathetic to chess would read it and think 'what a bunch of crackpots'. (As far as I am aware there is no sport which routinely mixes human and computer opponents in high-profile tournaments, and I suspect there will never be). Alastair * it's surprising the proportion of non-chess players I know who are amazed that Kramnik and Kasparov would have anything to do with such a match and think the whole concept is 'creepy'.
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