Author: Paulo Soares
Date: 11:06:06 07/09/99
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On July 09, 1999 at 13:52:29, KarinsDad wrote: >On July 09, 1999 at 13:27:05, Albert Silver wrote: > >>On July 09, 1999 at 02:01:08, Robert Smith wrote: >> >[snip] >>> >>>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. >> >>I guess it's a matter of point of view. Why would anyone want to play in a >>tournament and have a computer play one's moves? Where is the fun in that? I can >>understand using it in opening preparation as that happens before the game, but >>otherwise it is no better than Advanced Chess but in postal games. Yuck. That >>also sums up my opinion on Advanced Chess as well. >> >> Albert Silver > >That sums up my opinion on Advanced Chess as well. Yuck. It's like knowing the >cheat codes for a computer game. Yes, they are fun if you are 12, but otherwise, >they take the REAL fun out of life. > >One other point on computers in postal chess. One day, the programs will be >playing better postal chess than the postal chess players. At that point in >time, not only will it not be fun, but it will also be obsolete, just like >advanced chess someday will. > >Unfortunate, but that's one of the downsides of technology. > >KarinsDad :) I do not believe that the computers can some day defeat a postal player if he will also be assisted by a program, therefore the player always goes to have the control of the program, to look the best way. Paulo Soares, from Brazil
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