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Subject: Re: More Bronstein and a little Fischer

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 19:44:48 02/10/00

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On February 10, 2000 at 22:35:08, stuart taylor wrote:

>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
>
>  Dosen't world champion mean best player? Atleast isn't that what such a
>grandmaster(or any person) would be meaning to infer?
>   S.Taylor.

Second question isn't very clear, and they appear to be linked together too
closely to answer the first question.

Pete



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