Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 14:29:42 12/14/05
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On December 14, 2005 at 16:02:33, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote: >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? For sure not,it isn´t important for humans to be able to beat them. Long term plans are often not that important in the game of chess. How many chessplayers really care about computer chess? I guess 3% at the most. The organized chessplayers in Europe use engines mainly for post-game-analysis or preparation. So rule changes are not necessary. If you want to beat computers all the time stop playing chess and learn to play a decent game of Go. Currently it seems to be much more popular to draw these "stupid" things with ridiculous openings. I also love to make fun of them at times. I drew Rybka easily with 1...h6,2...a6. I even heard A.Steen has beaten it with 1...a5,2...h5. So there is nothing to worry about. >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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