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Human Interference In Computer Chess Championship?

Posted by simoniker on from the computer-plus-one dept.

migstradamus writes "In a twist with interesting implications for the computer chess world, the intervention of a human programmer and a human arbiter have had a decisive impact on the World Computer Chess Championship that finished today in Graz, Austria. What happens when a programmer acts against his creation's best interest? ChessBase has an eye-witness report on the dilemma. This year's event was already controversial due to the disqualification of one of the programs midway through for being derivative of an open source program."

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  1. Why does this matter... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...when chess playing computers are a hoax.