Author: Howard Exner
Date: 20:11:39 01/03/01
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On January 03, 2001 at 14:13:50, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 03, 2001 at 13:03:43, Howard Exner wrote: > >>On January 03, 2001 at 12:42:11, Paul Doire wrote: >> >>>Van der Wiel missed some opportunities, but Rebel defended well. >> >>I wonder if the missed opportunities of Van der Wiel will adversely >>effect his play in the next round? Sometimes it is not easy to shake off the >>disappointment one feels when missing a win. Being a strong professional Gm he >>probably will come out swinging. Here of course computers have an edge in the >>energy level they bring to each game. Their programmers probably make up for the >>machine's non existent feelings. How is Ed's health holding up after this one? >>Maybe paramedics should be on standby? :) >> >>Another thought on the match so far, if the two games were reversed, in that >>Rebel missed winning chances, would we be as forgiving? In other words are our >>expectations of computers too high? > >I was disappointed from van der Wiel. > >I expected a GM to be better in tactics. >It leads to the question if programs can teach humans to be better in tactics by >giving them the right exercises to solve. > >Uri I found that just playing programs alone is of great help. This especially when faced for the first time with a chess machine or program that was close in strength to ones own abilities. For me this was a Fidelity machine, called something like Fidelity 2200 (forget the actual name but it was the one that came a year after the fidelity par exellence). This machine I found for my level of play at the time pushed me into playing better in order to win. It played at a level just right to elevate my concentration. Maybe we all experience something similar - that is finally face a silicon opponent that forces us to pay greater attention. That is why I think it is important to provide weakened personalities (or have the user create them as in CM and Rebel series). At least for me I find it enjoyable to play an opponent slightly better than myself.
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