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Walter Korn and Chess Computers.
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 11:39 pm
by Geoff Chandler
British Chess Magazine, August 1981. Pages 342-346 a continued article.)
Mr Korn predicts electronic chess boards, online chess tournament and a vast rise in people having home computers.
it finishes with a small editorial add on by Bernard Cafferty expressing a fear that is relevant today.
Re: Walter Korn and Chess Computers.
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:06 am
by John Upham
Its a pity it did not state "his or her" but the sentiment is reasonable.
Re: Walter Korn and Chess Computers.
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:54 am
by NickFaulks
John Upham wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:06 am
Its a pity it did not state "his or her"
No it isn't. At the time of writing it was fully understood that in the English language "his" was an abbreviation for "his or her".
In any case, you have missed the boat. Today, "his or her" will run into trouble from those who insist that they are neither.
Re: Walter Korn and Chess Computers.
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 11:04 am
by John Upham
NickFaulks wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:54 am
John Upham wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:06 am
Its a pity it did not state "his or her"
No it isn't. At the time of writing it was fully understood that in the English language "his" was an abbreviation for "his or her".
In any case, you have missed the boat. Today, "his or her" will run into trouble from those who insist that they are neither.
True, I meant to write his, her, non-binary or something else yet to be invented.
Re: Walter Korn and Chess Computers.
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 5:16 pm
by David Sedgwick
This thread must have at least equalled a record by going off topic on the second post
Re: Walter Korn and Chess Computers.
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 5:39 pm
by John Upham
David Sedgwick wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 5:16 pm
This thread must have at least equalled a record by going off topic on the second post
I have seen threads going off topic earlier still.
Re: Walter Korn and Chess Computers.
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 7:10 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
Quoting my latest book, "A History of Chess in the English Civil Service",
"George Koltanowski reported in the February 1946 issue of Chess that Arthur Fey (of Hazleton, PA) had invented a self-recording chess board, which was demonstrated to Koltanowski the previous October. The idea was that you made the moves normally and a strip of paper emerged from the board containing the moves! "