Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 20:41:41 07/30/00
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On July 30, 2000 at 23:04:34, Martin Grabriel wrote: >I played 100 games with 2 less popular and less strong commercial programs over >the month and score is >Me : 3 >Computers : 77 > >I am giving up....I think being a non-expert, I will not be fully appreciative >of all the top programs ( fact is, I own most of them!) e.g. their playing style >which only a Master can detect the difference for top programs, etc. Why buy >another top program if it is just for them to play against one another or use >them for test sets which zillions of forummers here are already doing? How do >the rest of you *enjoy* your computer programs? Care to share so that I'll be >wiser before buying the next top program that is coming out? A lot of people buy chess programs because they are collectors. For some it is an addiction, and one will always need to have the latest and strongest chess program. This addiction helps more the chess programmers to develop better and improved chess engines. If people had the same attitude as you of giving up buying new chess engines than the development of better and stronger engine would come to a halt. I understand your frustation, but, one does not need to beat the computer in order to fully appreciate the chess engine. I personally don't play a lot of computer vs. computer games, however, I use it more to analyze chess positions. The only time I would play computer vs. computer is to analyze the playing style of the chess engines. And you are right that in order to fully appreciate a chess engine one has to improve one's chess skill. Perhaps you should start to use the chess engines to help you improve your chess skill instead. That might help you appreciate more the chess engines. Laurence
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