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

2 points by dbosch 7 years ago | 4 comments

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?

SamReidHughes 7 years ago |

A human can, if it's the right computer under the right time controls, and you get lucky. https://youtu.be/Ya1FYUiuVgM

ganeshkrishnan 7 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't matter.

There is absolutely no contest between humans and computers. Even Nakamura with an older version of rybka lost against stockfish.

This is like asking if a human can win a boxing match against a car.

cm2012 7 years ago |

It's settled for good. There's no serious contest a human can give a computer at chess anymore.

Since Google also conquered Go, the next game they're working on is Starcraft 2.

jakobov 7 years ago |

Only one way. A good old a baseball bat.