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Subject: Re: Anti_Computer Strategies

Author: karen Dall Lynn

Date: 08:27:45 02/18/02

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On February 18, 2002 at 09:15:01, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On February 18, 2002 at 08:30:26, karen Dall Lynn wrote:
>
>>Hello
>>
>>Would some of you guys kindly suggest me some interesting links about
>>anti-computer strategies in chess?
>>
>>tks a lot
>>Karen
>
>
>This link should prove useful.
>http://www.angelfire.com/on/anticomputer/index.html
>
>IMO Anti-Comp play may help you win games against machines, but not help you
>improve your game against humans.
>
>So if you're interested in using machines for practise then Anti-Comp. isn't
>the way to train.
>
>But it is a way to get a little revenge;-)
>

>Terry


Thank you very much, Terry.

I like to play as a centaur or cyborg against computers - using partially a
program and adding some personal chess opinions here and there just to see what
happens (that is, I almost always lose but that's part of the fun);

I love to play human against humans;

I like to play computers against humans provided they strongly ask me to;

But I hate to play a cyborg without knowing in advance he/she is a cyborg.

Playing in one of the websites I use to go, I decided to combat players whose
profile shows an evident unbalance between games, wins and losses: for instance
- owning a top rating with just 60 games, 1 draw, 3 losses. They do not tell me
so, but they are probably cyborgs or full computers - it is amazing to ask them
something like "what's the concept behind this Ninzo Indian you are playing?"
and they answer in detour "Oh, I like Ninzo India" when they have just played
Sicilian. ;-)

Anyway I was crushed by those folks. In some cases the more ridiculous their
pretended chess knowledge or the more sealed their lips to any wise comments,
the stronger was the punch on my helpless play. I am not an advanced player at
all, but I was not supposed to be zipped down that way, so severely I was
whipped.

That's why I wondered if there would not be a partial remedy, for the fun of
revenge, in a world of justice. ;-)

Thanks again,

Karen



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