Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 15:57:25 07/11/02
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On July 11, 2002 at 18:24:55, John Reynolds wrote: > > > It has been said that a player must play and beat Masters to become a >Master. If that statement is true, can I become master strength by simply >playing computers alone without any Human interaction? There is a player that I >know, who was unrated and never played in any tournaments, all this guy did was >play strong chess computers (standalone), anyway when this guy played in his >first tournament he came out with a 2265 rating after 15 rated games!!. Maybe he >had extrodinary talent, or perhaps playing against Programs can make one very >strong? I don't see why not. I believe that it is possible but a lot of studying will also be required besides playing. That is, if one learns from the games played against the strong engines. The area which the chess engines are strong is in open games. And a chess position must become open at some point otherwise it cannot be won.
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