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Subject: Re: Poll question: should computers play for the world championship?

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 16:18:59 07/26/99

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On July 26, 1999 at 19:05:10, Mark Young wrote:

>On July 26, 1999 at 13:49:31, Mark Schreiber wrote:
>
>>I have a question that I have not seen in the opinion poll. Now that the Fide
>>world champion Karpov has drawn 1 game with Shredder at slow time controls,
>>should computers be allowed to play in the qualifying matches for the world
>>championship? Even if a computer did not become world champion, It would be
>>interesting to see how far a computer would go.
>
>No, The world championship title is for blunt skulls only. I am all in favor of
>few (the strongest) computer playing humans in a few tournament or playing the
>World champion in and exhibition. But I don't want to see a mostly computer
>World championship cycle.

Blunt skulls?



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