Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:36:52 12/05/01
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On December 05, 2001 at 11:49:05, Torstein Hall wrote: >On December 05, 2001 at 11:28:54, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: > >>>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. > >Pocket Fritz is no help tactically to players at this level. You need more comp. >power than Pocket at high GM level. I think it actually would be more of a >distraction! I think that you are wrong here. It is truth that shredder on pocket PC is relatively weak in tactics but humans still can use it to avoid blunders or to save time. I believe that there are cases when even GM's do tactical mistakes that the pocket pc could avoid in 1 second so they can use it only for one second before they play their move to check if it is not a blunder. >The only help they could get from it is to look up resent games in the played >variation. Maybee your oponent has prepared something new for you. Then it could >come in real handy to have a pocket device to help you in the opening stage. > >Torstein I agree and I also do not believe that they have no problem to learn all the games of the opponent in a short time. They are good players because they know a lot about chess but it does not mean that they can learn fast new things. Uri
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