Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 12:10:11 10/22/02
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On October 22, 2002 at 14:58:09, stuart taylor wrote: >On October 22, 2002 at 14:49:20, Bob Durrett wrote: > >>On October 22, 2002 at 14:28:13, stuart taylor wrote: >> >>>On October 22, 2002 at 12:48:23, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >>> >>>>Dana, >>>> >>>>Both programs lack long term planning. Both programs will get better as our >>>>computers get better and faster. Good things come to those who wait. >>> >>>Ageing, death, and some slightly more authentic computer tuition to help you in >>>your secret side ambition of suddenly becoming a GM whilst you still have time, >>>before turning your attention to more inportant endevours? >>>Yes, if you are 60 now, you might find the best software and hardware you will >>>ever want, by the time you're 80. Then with 2 years secret training you might be >>>able to enter a tournament which COULD give you a GM norm, AND you might >>>succeed, thanks to your computer educator. Then, at 82 you might finally decide >>>to end your summer vacation and start to look for a serious job and get married, >>>without forgetting that added bonus of being like a true GM, with a certificate >>>to say so. >>> So good things MAY come to those who wait long enough. And if you want to be a >>>child prodigy (outside of chess) you might need to wait even longer! >>>S.Taylor >> >>I can think of much better "good things" than being a GM at 60. In fact, I'm >>not sure that would be a good thing at all. >> >>Bob D. > >(at 82) so indeed, why wait for that, is what i'm saying. Or do you mean that >waiting for computers to get another 300 elo points IS worth the wait? [and the >very waiting in such a protracted way is injurious to concentrating on other >things]. >S.Taylor Perhaps it is heresy to say this, but "there is more to life than pursuing a GM title" Bob D.
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