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Subject: World Championship and Computers

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 14:28:26 02/10/00

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On February 10, 2000 at 16:55:44, Pete Galati wrote:

>On February 10, 2000 at 16:35:20, C Morris wrote:
>
>>Bronstein seemed to be saying that Chess was for everyone. He was trying to get
>>the point over by pointing to the attitude of grandmasters like Botvinnik, who,
>>to paraphrase Bronstein in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", thought only they knew
>>how to move a knight, push a pawn, etc. I like Bobby Fisher's attitude when he
>>said, he only "believes in good moves." I just like good moves whether or not
>>they come from Junior or Kasparov or a class player. I have no problems with the
>>idea shared by more than a few grandmasters, that someday a computer will be
>>world champion. This does not threaten anything. Just my opinion.
>
>If there are Grandmasters that think a program will become world champion then
>they don't have a very clear idea what they're talking about.  The game of Chess
>itself is between 2 people.
>
>Once a program enters the picture, that's a different story.  Having a human
>Chess world champion and having a computer Chess world champion are 2 different
>things completely.
>
>Pete

In checkers, they invented a separate title: Man-Machine World Champion, that
either a human or a computer could hold.  World Champion was reserved for humans
only.

Dave



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