Tuesday, April 28, 2020

The Eighth Dwarf

 https://www.ft.com/content/f2214f30-886b-11ea-9dcb-fe6871f4145a
On May 5–10 the global chess body FIDE stages the [Online] Nations Cup of four-player teams, with China the top seeds ahead of Russia, United States, India, Europe, and Rest of the World. FIDE wants all participants in its events to sign a contract accepting expulsion from a tournament if their play shows a high overlap with computer moves.
Such a rule could cause problems in the Nations Cup, where world class players are well capable of preparing an opening in advance for 20 moves or more. [Read more].

Banksy, Shower Lady, 2015. Courtesy of StreetArtNews.net.

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