1Tyler Cowen1yIn fact I think computers are the main reason why the game is so much more
popular. It gives almost everyone access to what is going on in the board --
that was previously unavailable. and you know exactly how your favorite player
is doing. Imagine if we had to watch NBA games without knowing the score! That
was pre-computer chess for most observers.
1Tyler Cowen1yWe love watching the commenting computers tell us where the human is going
wrong. There is a lesson in that!
I would think that computers being orders of magnitude better than humans would diminish interest in chess, but that does not seem to be the case.
Human chess seems to be more popular than ever. What’s driving that? Is it a fad?