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Subject: Re: wanted: perspectives on the future of chess

Author: Chris Carson

Date: 04:44:58 04/17/03

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On April 17, 2003 at 00:35:03, andrew tanner wrote:

>   I was wondering if people have come to the general consensus that computers
>are increasingly becoming unbeatable and consequently the game may soon be
>losing interest and support except for the famed "man v machine" contest. Of
>course there will always be enthusiastic support from hobbyists, I am referring
>specifically about the masses.
>   Here is a typical scenario: A child plays his best friend and wins, then
>proceeds to return home to his playstation where he gets clobbered even on the
>easy levels by the tireless machine. Being a precocious youngster, he concludes
>that "the only way to win is not to play" - excerpted from the movie "war Games"

Buy a Palm or Pocket PC.  Then buy Chess Tiger for the Palm or Fritz for the
Pocket PC.  Have fun.



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