Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 14:46:19 01/31/02
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On January 31, 2002 at 17:08:29, Frank Nelson wrote: >I first started playing postal chess after a recommendation by a SM. My rating >was consistently initially between 1675 - 1775 uscf. I noticed that in 1993-1994 >I lost about 10 games in less than 10 moves. My opponents were always saying >regards after mailing me their postcards. Something stinks I thought. There was >one opponent in a trophy quad who I had 4 games with. I lost 2 of the games in >under 10 moves. In the other 2 I noticed that my opponent seemed to act like >ChessMaster 3000. True enough as my investigation deepen it was verified that my >opponent was using ChessMaster (probably letting it run about 2 hours) and >mailing me a card the same day that it was received. I turned the tables on my >opponent by using ChessMaster about 2.5 hours reaching victory in one game and a >draw in the other. At the time my opponent was rated 1725 uscf postal and later >in 1996 I noticed my opponent rating was over 2100 uscf postal. It is my opinion >that if a person pays money to play in a tournament whether OTB or postal he has >a right to commend on how the tournament was conducted or runned. >After a review of some of those correspondence chess games I lost in under 10 >moves I suspected M-Chess, Fritz, and Genius as the programs used to generate >moves. Some of the older more experienced players at the chess club I used to >belong to told me that they don't play postal because of computers. Now I know >what it was that they were alluding to. I have decided that postal chess is for >people who wants to win trophies and money for their computers and it not for >me. > >Ljubomir Nelson Nowadays, at least some people openly admit to using a computer in postal chess. One person who frequently posts in this forum is a champion postal player (not in the USA though) who uses a computer. In fact, as I recall, he says his biggest advantage over his opponents, who probably also use computers, is that he lets the computer think longer on each move. I assume that today it's not considered a bad thing to use computers in postal chess. Can I also assume, from your posting, that at one time it was illegal?
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