Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 04:17:59 06/03/98
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On June 02, 1998 at 22:40:23, Fernando Villegas wrote: > Nice to see that you understood what I said. Of course I am not bore of >chess computer as such or i wouldn't be here saying I am, but I am >somewhat bored with things like they are now. I still think that a lot >of emotion has been removed by the awesome development of power of chess >programs, to begin with. Confess: it is not the same playing against a >program when you know in advanmce that you are going to lose 9 times of >10, if you are lucky. That, the thrill of fight, has disappeared as much >you are not a IM or GM. On the other hand and according to a CCC poll, less than 30% of us use chess programs primarily to play chess. I find it as exciting as ever to check the improvements, to see the different approaches... Exciting enough to spend lots of time testing and to spend much more money than I should buying pairs of faster machines. I only feel saturated with computer chess when petty intrigues become overwhelming, something that happens much more often than I care for. Other than this, I am as much of a happy sucker as I have been for the last 20 years. Enrique > Elser: this is not the same for programmer that >for customers. The first has a higher chance to keep his pasion. And >even so...i wonder what happened in the minds of Dan spracklen and Tom >Bryant. Bryant told me in an inteerview that suddenly he just got more >thrill from checkers progamming. The interview is in WCCR: Dan I have >never contacted. Sure it would be interesting to know his feelings. >fernando > > >>There's a highly commercial aspect - one should remember this. >>Including all - negative - facettes. >>So we got them enthusiasts + lovers of the progs on one side, who MIGHT >>see things a little single sided once in a while - >>and the industry of this whole show - on the other side. >> >>ELVIS
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