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12/20/2005 Entry: "Computers maintain their chess advantage ... but is it fair"

Recent CNN TECHNOLOGY NOTE ia n intersting read ... key observations and discussion raise an intersting set of questions .... "Aside from far better memories, computers can tap databases containing millions of games -- including those of their rivals -- while calculating moves, while human opponents face overnight grandmasters who have left no trail of games to study.

"It's quite tough because of the advantages the computers have at the beginning. They know everything about us, and we know little about them," he said." --- theu have a point there ... actuallly, more than one.