Author: Uri Blass
Date: 07:52:28 03/29/01
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On March 29, 2001 at 10:27:36, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On March 29, 2001 at 09:55:18, Dan Andersson wrote: > >>Hmm?! That would favour people running the most used program, running on the >>most common speed. If I where tactically inclined I would run Fritz 6 on a 500 >>MHz computer! >> >>Regards Dan Andersson > >Not really, there are a lot of good human players making excellent moves that >are not using any programs at all. I realized too that if you allow any human >player plenty of time to make his move, he will make a very strong move and the >human player does not have to be an IM or GM either. Simply any human who take >his time to chose his move carefully, and at least have read some good chess >books, which I don't have any doubt that most club players have, will end up >making a solid move specially in the middlegame. The reason why most human >players don't advance is because they just don't consider all their choices and >only after a few minutes later they realized that they have blundered. Simply >ask around after any tournament and the most common answer will be I Know that >I'm probably 200 points higher than what my rating reflect but I constantly beat >myself by blundering and not considering all the possibilities. But on this >match against the web everyvody has plenty of time to think and rethink about >all possible replies, therefore, avoiding any possible blunder. > >Pichard. Even if I assume that 2000 player at tournament time control can earn 400 elo from having a plenty of time it is still weaker than a computer that is clearly better than 2400 even at tournament time control. Uri
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