[lit-ideas] Re: Rhetoric and reality on Iran

but what about Deep Fritz?

On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:22:50 -0500, "Eric Yost"
<eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>  >>The theoretical knowledge that was
> available to Lasker or Nimzovitch was probably
> inferior to that possessed by an average FIDE master
> today. (Or an average chess program.)
> 
> 
> Yeah, that's what I meant by chess being over because the 
> "undiscovered country" had vanished. Lasker could teach 
> philosophy, then when the World Championship came round, he 
> could hole up in a cabin for two weeks to prepare to defend 
> his title.
> 
> Still, people are undeterred by theoretical exhaustion. The 
> guy I beat to become college champion (David Eberly) stuck 
> at the game and went on to become an IM. Whereas I haven't 
> played a serious game for twenty-five years, and am probably 
> the rankest patzer. Regardless, it's fun to look at the old 
> tournament books...St. Petersburg 1909 or the Postwar 
> International Playoff that followed Alekhine's death. 
> Charming stuff.
> 
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