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Subject: Re: Computers for Chess only.

Author: Ratko V Tomic

Date: 21:03:46 11/16/99

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>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 ???

Why are humans still boxing or wrestling when a person with a handgun could win.
Why are they running races when a car or motorcycle can get there faster.
Likewise, the human chess will go on regardless of what machines can do, just as
swimmers don't quit training because a motor-boat can move faster on the water.
But the computer chess will evolve into a genuine sports field of its own, with
hudreds then thousands of programs playing year round among themselves on well
regulated tournaments, championship matches, with new stars being born and
eclipsed, with programmers playing a role analogue to race car drivers /
designers. (Its present state is more like chess in Europe in 16th or 17th
century, a proto-sport phase.)



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