AI. Chess. The Human Element.
In a recent chess match during the Candidates tournament, a player - Hikaru - took more than 60 minutes to think on a single move. There were two possible moves that were playable at the position. After more than an hour thinking, Hikaru chose the wrong one and he eventually lost the game. After the game, the US grandmaster accused his seconds (his preparation team) of not having prepared him properly for that specific opening variation. This episodes sheds some interesting light on how AI is used and on the boundaries of that use. You see, all chess grandmasters use computers to analyze openings before a game. The computers, with their immense calculation power - can show the best move in every position. However, the application of that knowledge by a human player on the live chessboard comes with some challenges. One cannot remember of all possible moves and all possible variations - even GMs have a limit. So players at the Candidates level analyze the most possible variations...