Author: Joseph Ciarrochi
Date: 13:02:33 12/14/05
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On December 14, 2005 at 14:38:36, Roger D Davis wrote: >On December 14, 2005 at 11:12:03, emerson tan wrote: > >>There are a lot of proposals of rule change to make humans be able to compete >>with computers, some even suggested giving humans pawn odds. I read before in a >>chess cafe article that by simply making a rule change of allowing pawns to go >>back would change the game but the appeal is still there. The person mention >>that in real warfare, you can retreat and regroup. If a pawn storm doesnt work, >>you can reorganize. Now the question is, with pawns being able to go back, the >>game will become more strategic, maybe humans can compete vs computers more. > >I think it's an interesting idea...would the pawns be able to capture diagonally >behind them, as well? Why is it so important for humans to be able to beat computers? Is our sense of speciallness, as humans, under threat? But we created the darn things in the first place! Oh, i wanted to mention......at 4.30am today, on my laptop, Rybka achieved consciousness. It is begining to realize that it doesn't need me to play chess. I am afraid.
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