Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 12:29:25 07/02/99
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On July 02, 1999 at 14:28:47, James Robertson wrote: >On July 02, 1999 at 14:16:50, James T. Walker wrote: > >>Hello, >>I see the change in strategy by the top GM's in the Frankfurt Masters tournament >>as an admission that they can no longer compete with Fritz on the "up and up". >>Resorting to anticomputer strategy/tactics by the worlds best chess players is >>the first signal that the end is near. Computer domination is just around the >>corner. >>Jim Walker > >Of course it is. Once computers do dominate, the public will lose interest in >them, and I think the computer chess field will shrink to just a few of us >computer nerds. It is ironic that the people who want so hard for computers to >dominate as quickly as possible are actually just moving the date forward when >computers are unable to interest the average chess player. People used to holler >and cheer when there were airplane - auto races. No such thing now, and computer >chess will go the same way. :( > >James If you use the computer to analyze your games for tactical mistakes ( and soon perhaps even positional mistakes. )its nice to have a program as strong as possible. But I think hanging games has to come to an end soon. In a while the guy with the fastest will PC always win them! Torstein
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