Author: Robert Smith
Date: 23:01:08 07/08/99
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On July 08, 1999 at 11:47:46, Steve Lopez wrote: >On July 08, 1999 at 11:15:13, blass uri wrote: > >> >>On July 08, 1999 at 09:57:59, Steve Lopez wrote: >> >><snipped> >>>*No one* "wins" anymore. If you win a game in postal chess or in on-line chess, >>>the first thing your opponent does is accuse you of being a computer cheat. >> >> >>In israel there is no problem in postal chess because everything is legal. >>It is legal to use a computer and it is legal to have a master to help you. >> >>Uri > >Fair enough, Uri. But A) I'm speaking primarily of my on-line chess experiences >and B) I don't live in Israel. ;-D > >I do see the day fast approaching, however, when most postal organizations will >allow computer usage. I seriously doubt I'll still play postal chess when that >day comes, though. It takes a lot of the appeal away from it, IMHO, since I can >play a computer at home anytime I want (and save money on postage). > >-- Steve Lopez Even if every postal player uses a computer, the better players will still dominate the players who simply sit there and let the computer play for them. The proper use for computers in postal chess is to check tactics. But computer programs are mindless calculators and not of much use for long-range planning.
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