Author: stuart taylor
Date: 04:11:27 02/06/00
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On February 05, 2000 at 02:09:45, Ed Schröder wrote: >On February 04, 2000 at 23:25:44, Andrew wrote: > >> Personally I think R J Fischer would be the most entertaining GM versus a >>computer player and maybe the strongest. His wonderfully entertaining >>performance against the Greenblatt program comes to mind. Chess engines are much >>stronger today tactically of course. My money would still be on Fischer. > >Add (good old) David Bronstein to your list. Contrary to the other GM's at >AEGON he kept his style and instead of avoiding tactical complications he >sacced pawns / pieces and was succesful most of the time against the silicon. > >He had absolutely no fear for computers, just playing his romatic style. >A real pleassure watching him play. > >Ed Yes, I think it would have been the most instructive, and a great service for computer chess. But he would have learned some very bitter lessons also. But these lessons would not have sent him willingly to anti-computer chess, which is great. But now, having acheived his chess mission-and grown older, he probably finds it easier to just enjoy the fruits of his labour(playing 2600 chess with ease)-not a good stretegy against computers (even if he would accept an invitation to come out and play) S.Taylor
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