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IS CHESS DYING?

This topic is addressed in chapter 15 of THIS CRAZY WORLD OF CHESS by
GM Larry Evans.

Also see: http://tinyurl.com/2fdrth

Chess is different today. Now players have vast databases at their
fingertips and openings have been analyzed so extensively that master
games often begin in earnest after a dozen moves instead of move one.
Over 30 years ago Bobby saw the writing on the wall. "Someday
computers will make us all obsolete," he told me.
-- THE BOBBY FISCHER THAT WE LOVED (March Chess Life, page 19).


So much Thanatos! Not enough Eros. Tal had a very different point of view -
that OTB it was necessary to play chess, and any fool could find something
better the next day!

Sorry for the rhyme. Phil




raylopez99 wrote:
Where are all the creative posters of yesteryear? Nothing but spam
now. The intelligensia have moved on, now that robots have solved the
game of chess. Not that the Go board is much more lively...