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Subject: Re: How do you know they have no experience against computers...?

Author: Vikrant Malvankar

Date: 22:48:08 10/11/04

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On October 11, 2004 at 16:06:54, martin fierz wrote:

>On October 11, 2004 at 13:10:07, robert flesher wrote:
>
>>I would seem logical that all the worlds top players play computers on a regular
>>basis. Also, it would be  probable they have systems that rival or even exceed
>>the one Junior is playing on. Why not? I know if my main source of income is
>>chess, and i have the money(Which some i'm sure do)then i would have one hellva
>>good computer. I would bet all of the players own a copy of top software, and
>>play these programs daily.
>
>hmm, i don't think you understand this. i also have fritz and shredder on my PC,
>and i use them to prepare, and to analyse games. but i never play against them.
>GMs are the same. they use these engines as tools, but not as sparring partners.
>and even if they ever play a game at home against these things, it's simply not
>the same.
>
>experience in playing against computers means that you have played a match
>against such a machine. everything else doesn't count. just look how much
>kasparov's anti-computer play has improved over his matches.

Yes but his Game agaist fellow grandmasters has dropped.
>
>cheers
>  martin



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