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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Nov 13, 2014 - 10:45am PT
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Opening up the
center can work both ways, can't it?
That's the beauty of it.
Does the Arcadia Chess Club still exist? Do they still hold tournaments at the old balloon field?
And I
don't think it can be argued that it is used much in top-notch play.
Fischer used it after publishing his bust, and of course Bronstein and Spassky used it. They're kinda top notch. :-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 13, 2014 - 11:11am PT
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Well, I don't remember who said it but "All openings are playable." ;-)
Funny you should ask about the Arcadia Chess Club. I was just looking through
my climbing books and guides for the topo for N Twin that George Lowe drew
for me and I looked at a '71 AAC journal with a piece of paper sticking out
of it and got all excited. It was a game log from the Arcadia Chess Club
and it was a <cue the spooky music> King's Gambit which I won as black!
I don't believe in coincidences. I'm really hoping that augurs well for
my topo search. ;-)
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Nov 13, 2014 - 05:05pm PT
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Good luck with that. BTW, I've been doing quite well with the Gambit in Chess Titans. Level 1, that is.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Nov 15, 2014 - 07:15am PT
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Magnus!
Gets his second win, after nearly losing the game.
This gives him a strong lead, with the match half over.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Nov 23, 2014 - 09:10am PT
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Carlsen became world champion once again today. Congrats...
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PhilG
Trad climber
The Circuit, Tonasket WA
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Nov 23, 2014 - 10:11am PT
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Very exciting last game. I guess Anand had no choice but to go for it.
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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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Nov 24, 2014 - 02:12pm PT
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I don't know. Now that computers are better than humans it's taken some of the glory out of it for me. I end up feeling like damn! I failed to fail the Turing test again!
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WBraun
climber
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Nov 24, 2014 - 02:25pm PT
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Now that computers are better than humans
They're never better nor can computers ever be better.
It's impossible to do and it's an illusion to fall into.
Humans built them control them and programmed them.
It takes a "living entity" to turn on the switch ultimately and a living entity will turn them off ultimately.
It's only an extension machine of the living entity.
It has no soul ..........
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labrat
Trad climber
Auburn, CA
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Nov 24, 2014 - 02:40pm PT
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'Humans built them control them and programmed them.'
At least you have two out of three correct.
I certainly have trouble controlling mine......
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Nov 24, 2014 - 03:20pm PT
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Magnus actually dozed off during Game 8!
(Game 7 was a bit of an epic).
Well, I have dozed off while on belay.
At the same time, my partner dozed off while on lead!
Yet another parallel with chess and climbing. :-)
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Nov 24, 2014 - 03:37pm PT
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Still plugging [yes, pun] away in 2009.
Biological Computers -- built from DNA and Neurons -- are so tiny that billions of them fit in a test tube and can perform more than a billion operations per second. Scientists are devising a new generation of fast and flexible biological computers that can work out for themselves how to solve a problem, rather than having to be told exactly what to do.
Ordinary computers need absolutely correct information every time to come to the right answer. Biological computers seek to arrive at the correct answer based on partial information, by filling in some of the gaps themselves. Some of the biological computers being built can "think for themselves" because the biological components -- DNA and neurons -- are able to form their own connections from one to another. Normal silicon computers only make the connections they are told to by the programmer. This flexibility means the biological computers can work out their own way of solving the problem. With the neurons and DNA, we only have to direct them towards the answer and they can get it themselves!
EDIT: funny blah
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Mar 28, 2016 - 10:20am PT
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Chess World Championship 2016 in New York in November: Magnus Carlsen (25) is meeting Sergej Karjakin (26).
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Mar 28, 2016 - 10:30am PT
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I met Magnus a couple of months ago. In truth, compared to Bobby Fisher he's much more personable, well adjusted and self-aware.
I'm pulling for him!
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Gary
Social climber
Where in the hell is Major Kong?
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Mar 28, 2016 - 12:51pm PT
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In truth, compared to Bobby Fisher he's much more personable, well adjusted and self-aware.
Who isn't?
Hmmm, Tal maybe. RIP
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