Author: James T. Walker
Date: 04:53:02 02/18/00
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On February 18, 2000 at 03:56:03, Mig wrote: > >> >> Personally I think they have tremendous public appeal. Man against machine .... >> Remember Deep Blue and all the publicity and public interest that was >> generated. I think the Sponsors/GM's are overlooking a big opportunity to cash >> in by not playing against comps. But they have to have the courage to play. >> The truth is time is running out on the select human GM club. They should belly >> up to the bar while it is still open because closing time is getting closer >> every day. > >What many people fail to understand is that many GMs actively dislike playing >public games, even exhibition games, against computers. There are many different >reasons and few stem from simply not wanting to lose. They lose to other humans >all the time. One is that they don't enjoy the games nearly as much because the >entire psychological element is gone. The exciting competitive drive is >practically irrelevant, you just don't get as juiced up to play a machine. > >Calling them chicken is beside the point. They have almost nothing to gain and >since everyone still makes a big deal out of it when they lose, (Rebel - Anand, >Garry - Deep Blue, etc.) there is only the money. So they play for the money and >sometimes they don't. But saying, "just take your money and shut up" is >demeaning. These guys are dedicated professionals playing a game they love and >computers have nothing to do with why they love it. > >Man against machine is a hot ticket and I hope we will continue to find players >who are eager to play them. We might have to move to longer time controls, >however. While several GMs told me Illescas played poorly, Adams is Adams and he >was busted... > >Saludos, Mig > >mig@kasparovchess.com Hello Mig, I believe what you say is true. The sad thing is that GM's should be trying to exploit the "Human vs Machine" thing now while they still can. In a few more years I believe machines vs humans will have no more appeal since the machines will easily win and must be banned from any kind of human event except maybe giving time odds or piece odds. Someone should explain to them the time is now and if you are a professional then money is always the driving force, unless you are the World Champion and can afford to avoid the computers. Most GM's are not in his position. Jim Walker
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