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Ask HN: Can a human beat a computer at chess, today?

2 pointsby dboschover 6 years ago
Deep Blue vs. Kasparov game happened 22 years ago. What is the state of chess program vs. humans (say Magnus Carlsen)? Is there any chance for a human to beat the computer? Or is settled for good now?

4 comments

SamReidHughesover 6 years ago
A human can, if it&#x27;s the right computer under the right time controls, and you get lucky. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;Ya1FYUiuVgM" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;Ya1FYUiuVgM</a>
ganeshkrishnanover 6 years ago
Even if you use stockfish on a high end mobile phone, there is no human that can beat it. Standard or rapid. It doesn&#x27;t matter.<p>There is absolutely no contest between humans and computers. Even Nakamura with an older version of rybka lost against stockfish.<p>This is like asking if a human can win a boxing match against a car.
cm2012over 6 years ago
It&#x27;s settled for good. There&#x27;s no serious contest a human can give a computer at chess anymore.<p>Since Google also conquered Go, the next game they&#x27;re working on is Starcraft 2.
jakobovover 6 years ago
Only one way. A good old a baseball bat.