Author: Sandro Necchi
Date: 04:46:48 05/28/01
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On May 28, 2001 at 03:00:16, Uri Blass wrote: >On May 28, 2001 at 02:38:01, Sandro Necchi wrote: > >>On May 27, 2001 at 02:36:43, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >> >>>On May 26, 2001 at 18:38:26, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>Hi, >>> >>>Hi Uri, >>> >>>To use computers in correspondence chess and only trust their opinion, is >>>probably the worst you can do. >> >>Yes, you are 100% right. >> >>>I play correspondence chess myself and I am >>>always happy to see my opponent fully rely on computer moves. In the first >>>place, one can argue if this is fair, by any chance: People using computers are >>>quite destructive for correspondence chess, as it has nothing to do with the >>>game anymore. In fact, we now seem to have tournaments in which only computers >>>play, instead of humans. And IMO this is very, very bad. >> >>I agree, but people wants to win and they try everything to do so. > >I do not try everything to win. > >In my correspondence games using computers is legal so I do not see a problem >with it. Hi Uri, I was not referring to you, but in general. I know you are interested to get info about the chess programs in general, but most people using chess programs are not. > >I am not going to play in correspondence games when using computers is illegal. OK, but a lot of people do. > >My reasons: >1)I do not want to cheat >2)I do not want to give my opponents an unfair advantage because I expect people >to cheat. > >I also think that usually there is at least one computer that can find the right >move. No, not always, even if the programs are getting better and better. There are moves that the computer cannot find, still. > >I do not say that it is always the same program and there was more than one case >when I decided to play a move that Deep Fritz did not suggest me even after a >very long search because my analysis suggested that it is not the best move and >I prefered a move of another program. Yes, this is a correct way to do. > >Uri Sandro
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