Author: Paulo Soares
Date: 12:28:32 07/10/99
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On July 10, 1999 at 10:47:09, Albert Silver wrote: >On July 09, 1999 at 14:06:06, Paulo Soares wrote: > >>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 > >Perhaps, but do you want to need computer assistance in order to compete in >chess? I could reduce the time control and say that I don't have a chance >playing Hiarcs 7.32 or whatever at a 30 minute time-control therefore I'll play >it with another program assisting me. The scenario is the same except the >time-control. Personally, I'd prefer to lose badly than have someone else do >what should be my own thinking (remember this is a sport). If you can't win it >on your own then you have no business winning at all. I also believe that if you >get into the habit of having a computer do all the calculating then you are >essentially shooting your tactical ability in the knees. > > Albert Silver Albert, I lost the interest in competing in the chess have many years because, for some reason that I am unaware of, and Freud perhaps can explain, the competition in the chess is very fatigue for me. Currently I prefer to compete playing ping-pong, snooker, and other games that do not demand physical preparation. My interest with relation to chess today is Chesscomputer, and I like to analyse games and positions with the aid of programs. It is good observing that to analyse a position of chess with a program, does not mean to leave the program will choose the move, the move must be chosen by the player. Of course, how much better the player, better the result of the analyses with the aid of one programs. Albert, his email has end "br", are you a Brazilian? Paulo Soares, from Cabo Frio, Brazil
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