"By pushing all the right buttons on a good chess engine, any Kardashian sister could conceivably checkmate Fischer."
Is this guy kidding? Fischer would tear Houdini, Stockfish and Rybka to pieces in a blindfold simul. :-)
YOU WISH. FISHER STUNK. HE JUST USED MIND TRICKS AND WAS INDIMIDATED. COMPUERS DON'T GET TRICKED BY FISHERS STRATEGIES.
You're confusing things. You are talking about Kasparov, who got toasted by Deep Blue. Fischer had a flawless over-the-board attitude.
Why even alow electronics at the tournaments?
It's way easier for everyone. At most tournaments I attend, the TDs prefer you notate electronically since it's so much easier for them. For the player, it takes less than 2 seconds to notate a move and breaks your concentration way less than writing it down. I'm happy either way, but I'd be fibbing if I said it wasn't a lot easier electronically and I didn't prefer it.