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But computers have destroyed chess as a "sport". Nobody will sit to watch two chess programs compete, or analyze their tactics. Kinda like how now, anybody can
by djierardi 15d ago
But computers have destroyed chess as a "sport". Nobody will sit to watch two chess programs compete, or analyze their tactics. Kinda like how now, anybody can construct a "game" over the weekend or a new song or a slop video. The value of each of these decreases to 0 as the slop overwhelms.
- Bourget 15d ago>Nobody will sit to watch two chess programs compete, or analyze their tactics. I know nothing about chess yet I dare say that I'd doubt this. Surely chess enthusiasts would be interested in analyzing how a superior chess program came out victorious, no?
- 7373737373 15d agoPeople do: https://tcec-chess.com/ https://tcec-chess.com/
- latent-person 15d agoYes you are right, some people do watch chess engines play. TCEC (Top Chess Engine Championship) [1] streams them. Popular chess YouTubers goes over engine games from time to time too. [1] https://tcec-chess.com/ https://tcec-chess.com/
- throwaway27448 15d agoThat's not proof of interest so much as proof of commerce. It could easily be a money-laundering mechanism. Mostly nobody cares about professional chess. The number of people who are actually interested in today's game and not the drama are a tiny sliver of that. This is actually great because it means we can train and evaluate both without interference from chess players, possibly even building a stable society.
- latent-person 14d agoHere [1] is a video made 3 months ago going over an engine vs an engine made by of one of the big YouTubers, which has 1.4m views. Enough proof? [1]https://youtu.be/Ov7K4W-zAk0?is=6jVBkQpn8xbaA2Tz https://youtu.be/Ov7K4W-zAk0?is=6jVBkQpn8xbaA2Tz
- derac 15d agoerm actually, chess tournaments rose in popularity and more people watch now than ever