Anand on chess as a profession and on computers

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I think we have reached a point where the strongest human GM would be very happy to have even one win in a match against even average hardware of today. A Quadcore Rybka 3 on XP 64bit would be a formidable opponent to Anand, Kasparov, Kramnik, Topalov ... or any other top GM. Kramnik, who has a style most suited for chess against a computer, could not beat a much older Deep Fritz on much weaker hardware. I would guess that a Rybka 3 on a fast Quad today would be several hundred ELO points stronger. I won't even contemplate what would happen on a fast Octa system that can be had for around $2000. Pretty soon a win by a GM against a PPC machine will be a big deal.

That is what Anand said. Anand is familiar with computers. He said “it is like racing against a car. What is the point?” Of course he will lose.