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

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 06:41:53 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.

Your assumption is wrong.
The easy levels are constant levels that do error on purpose and(or) search to
fixed small depth and the level of the easy level is not dependent on the speed
of the machine.

Uri



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