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

Author: Mark Young

Date: 18:11:44 07/26/99

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On July 26, 1999 at 19:18:59, KarinsDad wrote:

>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?

Humans



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