Author: Jeroen van Dorp
Date: 08:28:54 12/05/01
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>Since computers are so strong tactically, players can try out a sacrifrice on >the computer and thus save time by not calculating themself. Also I understand, >you can download recent games of your opponent with pocket Fritz, which might be >handy in the openingstage. > I doubt if the last will apply. The time secondants had to work an evening to prepare for the next opponent is now far behind with the possibility of big databases and very recent online games available. One or two hours of studying for a GM and he knows what his opponent will do and when. Maybe for me as a patzer it is difficult to keep only one position in mind, but to the trained professional mind of the IM/GM no doubt all variations (recently) played by his opponent are "safely inside" his (or her) head. The first explanation make much more sense to me, accompanied by the advantage you get of not thinking and stressing, as playing a tournament and a game can be exhausting. People with computer assistance to do the dirty work -like you suggested- indeed do have an advantage. And one last thought: wasn't Karpov the man unable of manoeuvring a mouse in his advanced chess game against Anand? It could well be that he realized if they all started cheating with computers he would be the one surely losing on athletic performance when operating his pocket pc.... ;) J.
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