At 06:24 PM 10/2/2000 +0200, you wrote:
we probably need at least another 10 years. its too easy for dan level player to keep things sufficiently unsettled for a long time.... I could have written down that statement in 1988. In that year I made a bet with Robert Rehm about the year 2000. My opinion was: "in the year 2000 a computer program can with black and 9 stones handicap beat Robert Rehm (european 5 dan)" I am going to loose this bet with a wide margin, unless someone can provide me with a program before 21rst of october 2000.