Author: Albert Silver
Date: 09:54:28 03/17/99
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On March 17, 1999 at 09:36:10, Michael Ginat wrote:
>
>>I was being sarcastic, not emotional. There are a lot of people here who have
>>computer accounts and I'd be willing to bet that at least 90% of the ones that
>>do are members of CCC, so dismissing them as a bunch of jockeys or stating that
>>they should be banned is in my opinion quite rude.
>*** Sorry I didn't realize that. I APOLOGIZE EVERYONE!! Well I was also being a
>bit "tongue in cheek" as I thought Chess4U might have their own version of
>events.
>
I didn't mean to bite your head off, so I apologize as well.
>>I don't see
>>how the existence of computer accounts detracts from your enjoyment of the
>>server. You don't have to play them. I will say one thing about computer
>>ratings, and here it is true that it does screw them up and cause inevitable
>>inflation. Actually, I'll post something on this.
>>
>> Albert Silver
>
>*** Maybe I didn't explain myself well. I don't object to computers, just I
>think if someone is going to use Hiarcs, Fritz, Rebel or any other commercial
>program I'd like to know which one he's using. If Hyatt is using his latest beta
>version I'd like to know that as well. If I want to play a 2600 player for
>example and did not know I was playing, for example Fritz 5, I would feel like I
>wasted my time as I already have that program at home.
>
>By the way, do you see a problem with several people using the same program? And
>as you say later, the ratings system is affected especially when the same
>account uses different software.
It DOES affect the ratings but that's another story. Depending on what you do,
it can be quite fun actually or instructional. I've never actually done this,
but it's an idea and I'm sure there are those who do. Suppose I took Fritz and
tailored a special book on a number of gambits I'd like to try out. Computer
programs are usually quite taken with their material, so unless I'm running
CSTal for example, then I will also have to toy around with the weights
otherwise as soon as it leaves the opening it will play it all wrong (probably
will anyhow, but one can experiment and see what happens). This is the more
light hearted idea, though still instructional. Another, similar in nature,
would be to tailor an opening repertoire that you yourself plan to use in your
games. The opponent will never know this, but you will pay close attention to
the resulting positions, and see how they turn out. if the computer plays
something that looks bad, you change it and try again. You could test this
against strong players or against other computers. Depends. Why not try one's
repertoire oneself? Well, remember that not being a strong player, you might
want to see it try it first. Plus you could test it before trying to memorize a
lot of theory that you'll eventually not be using anyhow.
Albert Silver
>
>regards,
>Michael
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