Author: Pete Galati
Date: 16:41:46 02/20/00
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On February 20, 2000 at 18:58:29, Fernando Villegas wrote: >On February 20, 2000 at 01:39:09, Drazen Marovic wrote: > >>What is Botvinnik's legacy to computer chess? > >In his own area of expertise he showed the great gap that always existed between >soviet propagandistic thunders and pitiful reality. >fernando I read somewhere, but I'm not clear on the details, that he (his people) was working on a Chess program & he had high hopes for (he was impressed by his efforts) but I never heard anything about if the program was ever finished or what ever became of the work that was done. I assume it never saw the light of day. Does anyone know if that's the case? People love to _hate_ him, I hear he was not a good natured person. He wasn't very good at predictions, he thought Karpov had no future as a Chess player. I don't care for Karpov's games myself, but Botvinnik was wrong, Karpov left a mark. Botvinnik himself played some very good games early in his career, but he wasn't the man to ask to build a Chess program. He was sharp enough to realize that they had much potential, but... Pete
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