Should chess software be allowed during chess matches?

[Hagen]

GM Garry Kasparov suggested something called "advanced chess"...which allows the player to use databases during matches. I know for instance that standards testing for mathematics allows students to use calculators. Should the equivalent be used in chess?

[kingliveson]

No!

[tomgdrums]

I also say absolutely not.

[AnthonyTheSage]

Bad idea. Chess is art not science. Computers chess should be kept seperate from human chess.

[Swaminathan]

GM Garry Kasparov suggested something called "advanced chess"...which allows the player to use databases during matches. I know for instance that standards testing for mathematics allows students to use calculators. Should the equivalent be used in chess?

This only helps in openings and early middlegames. Don't see why this is any different since GM's can memorise the variation lines themselves.

[tomgdrums]

GM Garry Kasparov suggested something called "advanced chess"...which allows the player to use databases during matches. I know for instance that standards testing for mathematics allows students to use calculators. Should the equivalent be used in chess?

This only helps in openings and early middlegames. Don't see why this is any different since GM's can memorise the variation lines themselves.

Actually it could help in endgames as well, at least for ideas.

And it just doesn't make any sense to do it like this. It lessons the competitive spirit of OTB chess, where a person is up there competing with only their memory, wits, talent and guile to get them through.

AND it is just about GMs being able to memorize the lines themselves. If they started this practice in GM tournaments then eventually it would wind it's way down to regular tournaments where normal players would greatly benefit from using databases. And then of course the next logical step is the allowance of engines in OTB chess.

And then it ain't chess competition anymore.

Then it is just the ICGAs repeated over and over again.

Everything has its place. Engine-Engine tournaments are cool! Correspondence chess (with and without engine use) is a great form of the sport. And OTB is a great form of the sport.