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CrazyJae wrote:

Chess is also a game of nerves and emotion, both of which a computer lacks.

That's another fact that gives the computer an advantage.

Hendriesantio

I think chess is truly pure calculation game. I mean whats the use of strategy if computer can parry all of your moves

Oxartum

I don't think chess is just calculation. It's more a psychological battle. Computers are tools. Bikes are tools, and a mediocre cyclist on a bike would travel faster than the best runner. So wheels and pedals beat the best runners, but that doesn't mean that to be a good runner you need wheels and pedals. Humans work differently, through intuition and partly calculation, but mostly through psychology: the deep beliefs about ourselves are the defining factor when two humans have reached the "terminal velocity" of calculation.