Author: Steve Coladonato
Date: 07:29:34 09/18/00
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On September 18, 2000 at 02:45:34, Uri Blass wrote: >On September 17, 2000 at 23:25:26, Martin Grabriel wrote: > >>On September 17, 2000 at 22:32:16, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote: >> >>>Some of my friends ask why do we need to get the >>>latest copy of the WMCC Champion, or the #1 in SSDF... it really doesn't make >>>any sense to us, common chess players. What are the differences in analysys >>>mode? Is there such a great difference? I'd really want to know what you guys >>>think. >>> >>>A. Ponti >> >> >>I think, for many of us, buying the latest is just an addiction... >>Personally, I will be tempted to buy only if a new version comes with new and >>unique features, or at least significant improvements in GUI. Mere increase in >>engine strength doesn't make sense (i.e. doesn't merit a buy) as I am not a >>master or grandmaster who is out to play against stronger and stronger programs, >>or able to appreciate program style or analysis fully. > >You do not need to be a master but only to play in a correspondence tournament >when using chess programs is allowed. > >I intend to buy a new program when the final of the correspondence championship >of Israel begins. > >Uri Although I don't know what your playing strength is, I can understand the use of chess programs (where allowed) in correspondence chess if you are a strong enough player to not just blindly send the program's move suggestion to your opponent but to consider the program's move as an alternative to the one you were considering. In the case of the "common" chess player, myself included, I think it makes more sense to succeed or fail on your own (and perhaps to enter only correspondence events where computers are disallowed [but, alas, not enforceable]). Steve
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