| People, particularly chess players
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| | In 2006, the finest computers play chess
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| themselves, say the darnedest things
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| | better than 99.99% of people, but are
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| about chess and about chess players. Here
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| | evenly leveled in games against the top
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| are some of our favorite misconceptions
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| | humans. If, as some experts think,
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| about the royal game. Some of these
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| | computers are gaining 20 - 30 rating
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| sayings are unquestionably off-target,
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| | points per year, the moment will soon
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| some of them are uneducated impression,
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| | arrive when humans have no chance against
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| and some of them are controversies that
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| | the best machines. It should not be
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| might or might not be valid.
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| | overlooked that computers are always
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| 1 ) Chess is difficult to grasp.
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| | trained by teams of human specialists who
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| Chess may not be the easiest game to pick
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| | program them in psychological areas like
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| up, but it is far from the most
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| | opening repertoire. Removing this benefit
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| prohibitive. You have to know the moves
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| | would eliminate their excellence.
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| of the six pieces, where the object with
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| | 5 ) Chess is a sport.
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| the slightest significance, the Pawn, has
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| | Here we run the peril of upsetting the
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| the most complex moves. Then you have to
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| | many meritorious chess organizers who
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| memorize the rules about attacking and
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| | have spent years trying to prevail upon
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| defending the King, including castling.
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| | the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
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| Then there are a few rules about games
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| | that chess should be included as an
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| where neither player wins. One side of
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| | Olympic sport. Lifting light pieces of
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| this myth is legitimate - - it is
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| | wood or clicking rapidly on a computer
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| difficult, very difficult, to learn to
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| | monitor is not physically challenging
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| play chess well. One player in a hundred
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| | work. As any quantity of photos from
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| achieves supremacy.
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| | foregone high level chess events will
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| 2 ) You have to be brainy to play chess.
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| | demonstrate, chess players don't always
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| There is some link between chess talent
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| | cut a lean, trim, muscular profile.
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| and general intelligence. Minimum smarts
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| | 6 ) Chess isn't a sport.
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| are required. Cats and dogs will never
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| | Here we try to make amends with those
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| make out the basics; no one has tried
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| | very same organizers who nearly convinced
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| giving lessons to dolphins and
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| | the IOC that chess is a sport. Chess has
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| chimpanzees. Chess does involve, after
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| | been included as a medal sport for the
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| all, using numerous advanced compartments
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| | 2006 Asian Games. A game between two
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| of the brain as skillfully as applicable.
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| | extraordinary chess masters is full of
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| People from all walks of life have fun
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| | tension, where superior nerves can make
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| playing chess, several attaining mastery.
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| | the difference between a winner and an
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| Some very clever people delight in
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| | also-ran. Grandmasters have been
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| playing but never progress beyond novice.
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| | acknowledged to lose a lot of weight
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| 3 ) Chess is for nerds.
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| | during the action of a month - long
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| In fact, this isn't a misstatement, since
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| | contest.
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| chess is for everyone. It is for nerds,
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| | 7 ) Women can't play chess as well as
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| geeks, eggheads, and boffins, as usually
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| | men.
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| as it is for anyone else. People who want
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| | To date it is unquestionable that women
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| to call other people unpleasant names
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| | have not performed as well as men in
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| should better say, ' chess is only for
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| | chess events. There are many possible
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| nerds ', but this is plainly untrue. Even
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| | reasons for this. One may be that male
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| if it was on target, so what?
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| | players are often expert at making female
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| Intelligent, awkward, quirky people have
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| | players feel uncomfortable at chess
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| made more contributions to the evolution
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| | events. The Polgar sisters have gone a
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| of society than have the rest. If they
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| | long way to convince the chess world that
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| want to play chess, that ' s their
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| | women can play very well. Perhaps one day
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| business.
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| | we will discover that women can even play
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| 4 ) Computers play chess better than
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| | better than men. No one really knows.
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| people.
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