Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 06:12:38 07/12/02
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On July 12, 2002 at 07:58:33, Slater Wold wrote: >On July 12, 2002 at 04:46:13, Vladimir Medvedev wrote: > >>Last months I spend much time watching how my chess engine plays blitz against >>other programs. I also have seen many blitz and lighting games between strongest >>engines (GambitTiger, DeepFritz etc.) Now I notice unexpected improvement in my >>own blitz strength both agains humans and computers (may be, up to 50 or even 75 >>ELO). Very funny for me, because I did not studying chess or analyzing much more >>than usually. >> >>What do you think - can only watching (not analyzing!) games of strong players >>improve somebody's strength? I have read somewhere that similar methods are used >>in some sport games like tennis, tabletennis or volley-ball: some kind of >>"muscle memory" is stimulated when sportsman sits on the bench and looks at >>flying ball trying to predict its trajectory. > >Robert Hyatt has been watching/analyzing/playing games with Crafty (and Cray >Blitz) for something like 30 years. > >And he still isn't close to being a GM. It must depend on your level. For a GM it would not be enough just to see a few games now and then, he needs to train harder to maintain or improve his strength. To a weak player I can imagine watching games would be enough to improve. -S.
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