More activity needed here

[Skullbones]

This forum is so quiet. It used to have more action in it. What we need is some discussion. So, who has an idea about what to talk about?

How about Kasparov and his recent "match" with Fritz. Pretty boring if you ask me. They only played four games. And of course it turned out to be a draw.

 

[SanPellegrino]

I always find these man vs. machine matches quite boring, what do they want to prove nowadays? It is only embarrassing for chess programmers that they still have problems with the best humans. OTOH, this shows what a rich game chess is.

 

[Skullbones]

They could be more exciting. These little short matches don't mean anything. They need to play a major match. That could be cool. They do seem to be get the public's attention more so than regular matches. Now, check out this old game from 1977 between Fischer and the computer Greenblatt from MIT!

Fischer vs. Greenblatt (comp)
1. e4 e5
2. f4 exf4
3. Bc4 d5
4. Bxd5 Nf6
5. Nc3 Bb4
6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O Nxd5
8. Nxd5 Bd6
9. d4 g5
10. Nxg5 Qxg5
11. e5 Bh3
12. Rf2 Bxe5
13. dxe5 c6
14. Bxf4 Qg7
15. Nf6+ Kh8
16. Qh5 Rd8
17. Qxh3 Na6
18. Rf3 Qg6
19. Rc1 Kg7
20. Rg3 Rh8
21. Qh6#

 

[Aphex_Twin]

Computers back then were not the superfast byte crackers of today.

The man vs. machine events are interesting because it apparently shows that humans and computers are advancing at the same rate. How long will humans be able to maintain this is fun to watch.