Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 20:55:19 11/16/99
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On November 16, 1999 at 22:59:35, walter irvin wrote: >you will only have to wait about 5 1/2 years to buy a computer and program to >play super GM chess .my only question is when we finally get this electric super >GM WHATS NEXT ? i mean the day is comming , shear speed if nothing else will see >to it . > >i think the struggle will be gone and interest will be gone . chess would then >only be a large scale version of tic tac toe , no way to win no way to lose for >strong program .so chess may only have less than 10 years left .maybe chess will >then have to be changed .bigger board , fischer random ??? Has the formal solution to checkers put an end to draughts? Just because a machine can solve a problem does not mean that the problem is no longer interesting. I suspect that Tic-Tac-Toe is played by as many children as ever before, despite the fact that it is a cat's game from the get-go.
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