Author: stuart taylor
Date: 05:20:32 11/02/05
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On November 01, 2005 at 21:39:55, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Everyone of us is a loser. I mean, we lose almost every game we play against >programs, exception made of some draws here and there, perhaps even a win from >time to time. But in average we are losers. >Or we elude that sad destiny just looking games played between programs. We >fancy with the idea we are going to learn something. That we will polish our >game. >Bullshit. >And besides, for what? >We can be real players instead of voyeurs AND winners and what's more, to stay >happy. >I do not imagine a runner competing with a motorcar. He competes againts flesh >and only certain kind of flesh. He does not run to win a leopard. >Today I played old good Champion Chess Challenger. According the add, it is a >1771 machine, USCF Elo. According to sites specialized in old machines, it is a >1550 or so Elo machine. >Then it is a winable machine, but not so weak a machine for just a non-pro >player like me. It can win me if I lose concentration, if I miss tactics, if I >commit mistakes. I can win it if I keep my mind on target, if I keep myself as a >chess player must be all the time, submerged in his game. >Isn't that the reason of having a hobby? To get centered in something you can >perform well and satisfactorily? >If I was a pro I would play every game againts Fruits 2.2 trying to learn >something, but I am not. My profession is writting. There I perform at my best >and seriously all the time. There I compete or try to compete with the best. >I am sure 99% of you are, also, pros in anything but chess. >My advice: get a good old machine not so strong but no so weak and recover the >charm and happiness of old days. >Tonight I will sleep well because I won Champion with a delicious positional >game, playing blacks with the Indian defense. If I had played any program I >would be going to bed feeling like an idiot. >Just sleepy thoughts with lot of wine in my system and going to bed. >good night >Fernando
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