Answers.Body: <p>I don't think it'll ever happen because:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Who's going to pay? Deep Blue was covered by IBM, Deep Fritz was covered by Chessbase, but Stockfish is a free open-source engine.</li>
  <li>It's not fun for Carlsen to play an odd match with Stockfish, but he will likely be beaten convincingly if the match is fair.</li>
  <li>Human vs computer in chess is not interesting anymore. The focus has shifted to Go and Poker.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>It's not going to happen.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Points 2 and 3 are valid, but point 1 isn't. *"Who's going to pay?"* - anyone who pays for any sort of event in the world: as well as you sponsor the Sinquefeld Cup, the Grand Prix or any other event, someone can sponsor a price money and claim the dividens out of it.
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Answers.Text: @GennaroTedesco if point 3 is valid nobody would spend the money and thus point 1 is correct as well
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Answers.Text: Incorrect: investors don't pay for events because they are "interesting": they pay for events so that they can sell their rights. Even if it isn't interesting anymore, Stockfish vs Carlsen would sell all around the world.
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Answers.Text: @GennaroTedesco if you are correct there would have been a match already..... I stand my point 1
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Answers.Text: *"if you are correct there would have been a match already."* false, exactly because the reason there has been no match isn't because of 1, rather it is because of 2.
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Answers.Text: We can argue forever. I encourage you to make a new answer for your points.
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Answers.Body: <p>This will not happen in a traditional form; engines are just too strong for that. In 2014, Nakamura, one of the world's top players, played a <a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=84631" rel="noreferrer">match 'with odds'</a> against Stockfish. In two of those games, Stockfish was a pawn down; in the other two games, Nakamura had the help of an older version of the engine running on a slower computer. Stockfish won both minimatches with 1.5 - 0.5.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Although it would be very exciting, I don't believe it would ever happen. Here is a quote out of the mouth of Magnus:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p><em>Would you participate in a public game against a computer in the near future - or is that not an option for you? The last one I remember was
    Vladimir Kramnik against Deep Fritz in 2006.</em></p>
    
    <p>I personally never wanted that. I find it much more interesting to
    play humans. And also, of course, now that they have become so strong
    in a game like that, I wouldn't stand a chance.</p>
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  <p><a href="http://www.dw.com/en/world-chess-champion-magnus-carlsen-the-computer-never-has-been-an-opponent/a-19186058" rel="noreferrer">http://www.dw.com/en/world-chess-champion-magnus-carlsen-the-computer-never-has-been-an-opponent/a-19186058</a></p>
  
  <p>From watching Magnus Carlsen many years shows that his style of play is not suited to playing against a computer. His desire to win causes him to willfully play weaker or obscure moves to confuse/challenge his opponents; this will surely mean he will be a lamb to the slaughter against a modern day computer chess software.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I am sure Magnus would not like to compete in an event like that because it is not a new kind of Event anymore which would arouse any innovative interest for the Chess World . As for Strength true the Engines have a relatively higher rated but I confide in Magnus more because I have seen some of his amazing games which are full of Innovative ideas which even Kasparov &amp; Fischer would have not been able to do . </p>
  
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Body: <p>I was wondering if the actual champion is ever going to play against a chess engine like Kasparov and Krammik did?
  Or is this kind of event not going to happen anymore due to the strength of the engines being just too high?</p>
  
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Title: Is Magnus Carlsen ever going to play against Stockfish in a event?
ThreadText: # Is Magnus Carlsen ever going to play against Stockfish in a event?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-02-23)
  
  I was wondering if the actual champion is ever going to play against a chess engine like Kasparov and Krammik did?
  Or is this kind of event not going to happen anymore due to the strength of the engines being just too high?
  
  **Tags:** engines, computer-chess
  
  
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  ## 4 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-02-23. Score: 7
  
  I don't think it'll ever happen because:
  
  * Who's going to pay? Deep Blue was covered by IBM, Deep Fritz was covered by Chessbase, but Stockfish is a free open-source engine.
  * It's not fun for Carlsen to play an odd match with Stockfish, but he will likely be beaten convincingly if the match is fair.
  * Human vs computer in chess is not interesting anymore. The focus has shifted to Go and Poker.
  
  It's not going to happen.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Points 2 and 3 are valid, but point 1 isn't. *"Who's going to pay?"* - anyone who pays for any sort of event in the world: as well as you sponsor the Sinquefeld Cup, the Grand Prix or any other event, someone can sponsor a price money and claim the dividens out of it.  
  > **username_1**: @GennaroTedesco if point 3 is valid nobody would spend the money and thus point 1 is correct as well  
  > **username_2**: Incorrect: investors don't pay for events because they are "interesting": they pay for events so that they can sell their rights. Even if it isn't interesting anymore, Stockfish vs Carlsen would sell all around the world.  
  > **username_1**: @GennaroTedesco if you are correct there would have been a match already..... I stand my point 1  
  > **username_2**: *"if you are correct there would have been a match already."* false, exactly because the reason there has been no match isn't because of 1, rather it is because of 2.  
  > **username_1**: We can argue forever. I encourage you to make a new answer for your points.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2017-02-23. Score: 6
  
  This will not happen in a traditional form; engines are just too strong for that. In 2014, Nakamura, one of the world's top players, played a [match 'with odds'](http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=84631) against Stockfish. In two of those games, Stockfish was a pawn down; in the other two games, Nakamura had the help of an older version of the engine running on a slower computer. Stockfish won both minimatches with 1.5 - 0.5.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2017-02-24. Score: 6
  
  Although it would be very exciting, I don't believe it would ever happen. Here is a quote out of the mouth of Magnus:
  
  > *Would you participate in a public game against a computer in the near future - or is that not an option for you? The last one I remember was
  > Vladimir Kramnik against Deep Fritz in 2006.*
  >
  > I personally never wanted that. I find it much more interesting to
  > play humans. And also, of course, now that they have become so strong
  > in a game like that, I wouldn't stand a chance.
  
  <http://www.dw.com/en/world-chess-champion-magnus-carlsen-the-computer-never-has-been-an-opponent/a-19186058>
  
  From watching Magnus Carlsen many years shows that his style of play is not suited to playing against a computer. His desire to win causes him to willfully play weaker or obscure moves to confuse/challenge his opponents; this will surely mean he will be a lamb to the slaughter against a modern day computer chess software.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2017-02-23. Score: 0
  
  I am sure Magnus would not like to compete in an event like that because it is not a new kind of Event anymore which would arouse any innovative interest for the Chess World . As for Strength true the Engines have a relatively higher rated but I confide in Magnus more because I have seen some of his amazing games which are full of Innovative ideas which even Kasparov & Fischer would have not been able to do .
  
  
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