7/7/17

Zuckerberg May Be Inventing Mind-Control Chess


It stands to reason that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg would invent mind-controlled chess. He is working on mind-computer interface so taking the next step to mind-controlled electronic chess is only logical.

Blitz chess is fast. Hitting the Fischer clock to start and stop time is nno country for old men. Gary Kasparov will play in the Grand Prix event at St. Louis in blitz and rapid and would do better with an electronic board so he doesn't knock over pieces playing against younger, quicker hand-eye guys.

If Kasparov merely had to think to move a piece or start and stop the clock he would probably be faster than the much younger opponents. Outwardly he may be all thumbs while inwardly he has the mind of a Zuckerberg.

Older players hope that Kasparov whips the young fellows with the knowledge. He thus could use a Fischer clock changed so that the controlling device for the player has a button on a wire for each player on their own side of the board. Reaching to one side can be disadvantagious for a left-handed player or vice versa, and impossible for one with a pre-existing shoullder injury or arthritic fingers.

It is embarrassing to see a player knock over chess pieces where he might have won otherwise. That can be remedied with brain-chessboard interfacebooking with the winning move just a thought away.

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