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Subject: Re: AntiComputer Chess

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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