Author: stuart taylor
Date: 17:23:48 02/12/00
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On February 11, 2000 at 09:41:28, Pete Galati wrote: >On February 11, 2000 at 06:12:45, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On February 10, 2000 at 22:44:48, Pete Galati wrote: >> >>>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 >> >>Second question was refering to what you wrote. >>But at any rate, can't Best chess-playing entity be man or machine? >>S.Taylor > >No. The best living Chess player has to be a man or woman. The best machine >Chess player could be anything machine. I'm not saying that a computer won't >someday being significantly stronger than any human, it seems like we're very >close to that happening now. But the point of the game is to play Chess against >other Chess players, not against a computer, that's why there's a distinction. > >See Dave's response and also Karinsdad's response, I like the perspective that >they both give. > >Pete OK! I wasn't arguing about that. S.Taylor
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