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Subject: Re: Crafty in CCT8

Author: giovanni lavorgna

Date: 08:08:29 02/28/06

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On February 28, 2006 at 09:44:32, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On February 28, 2006 at 00:38:17, Swaminathan wrote:
>
>>On February 27, 2006 at 22:50:59, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On February 27, 2006 at 22:39:25, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>>
>>>>It is delightful to see your discipline, dedication and tireless concentration
>>>>as if you was a 21 years kid  trying to get his piece of fame.
>>>>Inspiration for me, too much prone to talk of "finished life" because I am 57.
>>>>My best
>>>>fernando
>>>
>>>
>>>we are exactly the same age, until march 18 comes around.  Then I become 58. :)
>>
>>so do you believe that teenagers or people aged arund 20-30 have good memory and
>>skills than grand fathers when it comes to programming and playing?
>
>No.  I believe "experience helps"..  and there is only _one_ way to get
>experience...



Tough I agree to same extent to this statement made by Crafty author, it should
be noted that chess strength, at least as meaured by Elo rating, *is* inversely
related to age. I remember I have seen some pretty impressive plots of age vs
Elo for several players..those told me something.

Giovanni



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