your feelings are correct. computers today can contemplate millions of moves in a single second. there's no chance. it saddens me a little, because it definitely turned chess in a different direction, but on the other hand its' nice having a GM strength 'friend' to analyze games with. all i have to do is click to open the program. kinda cool.
so, sad and happy.
Excited: now we can research stuff better?
Sad: I always knew it would be hard to become the best, but now we know for sure computers will always play way better than any human?
When I play against a chess program on my computer, I just feel like it is considering more moves and looking further ahead than I am. I feel like I showed up to a boxing ring wearing a blind fold. I can look all I want for combos, I can try to defend, and I can try to guard key squares, but there is nothing to see since my opponent did not make any blunders. All I can do is try to predict which piece I will lose next, three moves before it happens.