Author: Uri Blass
Date: 06:55:22 10/28/02
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On October 28, 2002 at 09:06:09, Brian Katz wrote: >In addition to my previous post > >Yes Computer Chess makes a huge difference in modern day chess as opposed to >Master Chess of the past. > > >What I see and I failed to mention before as well is.......... >With the use of internet chess and Computer Programs such as Fritz or >Chessmaster 5000 and up (to me the Chessmaster line is more popular in that it >is sold in Stationary Stores such as Staples and Office Max, (just to name a >few)along side other programs that the everyday person can purchase. Most people >are unfamiliar with Fritz or Chessbase unless they are already chessplayers who >are already aware. I don't believe that most people ever heard of Chessbase or >Fritz. > >My point being that years ago, only a handful of players exhisted in comparison >to the amount of players of today. I do not think that you are right. Maybe you are right about U.S.A(I do not know) but the best players are not from that country. I think that chess was never a popular game. In Israel we do not read in most newspapers even about the Fritz-kramnik match when the newspapers write about results of the 5th league in football. The best israeli players are usually born in russia. >I remember a day when I never heard of a chess club. I could only play my >friends on my block or some kids in school. >I am sure there were kids who could never get to a chess club unless their >parents or some other grown up took them there. There was always the stereotype >of the old man who plays chess. Not a young kid. Of course there were the >exceptions, Fischer and Reshevsky as an example. There are others of course. >In this present day, young kids who may never have been exposed to this game, >have it at their fingertips with the PC. Now a child does not have to wait for >that "next weeks" meeting at the chessclub. Or now a child who may never have >been able to play against strong opposition, can now get that with a computer. >Whether it be against a program or against someone else on the internet. > With computers, there are so many more people exposed to this game, that just >with the law of averages, you are bound to find more GOOD players then ever >before. With computers there are so many things that childs can choose to do so players who have more options to choose and the result is not more people who choose chess. >Just like in the case of Women players. Years ago there weren't many women >players. The women who played weren't rated very high. Most of the high rated >women in the US were in the 1800's (Elo that is) some were higher. Again, there >were the exceptions. Diane Savereide, Rachel Crotto. Many mistakenly assumed >that women weren't as good at chess as men. That was probably true then. >Again with the law of averages, the more woment exposed to the game and the more >that play, along with the reasons I mentioned pertaining to children before, the >greater the chance of finding many Great women players. In israel All of the best women chess players come from russia. I am not sure about the situation today but some years ago I watched the women Israeli championship and there was not a single player who was not born in russia. >Judit Polgar, Susan Polgar, Zsusa Polgar, Irina Crush, Jennifer Shahade, >Beatrice Marinelo, GM Genady Sagalchek's wife is rated in the 2200's or 2300's. >There are other GM's whos wives are 2300+ and many others. Women are not >inferior or ever were inferior in chess to men. Just now there are many more >exposed to this game then ever before. Unfortunately women today are clearly inferior based on results. If you put a team of the best 100 men agaiant a team of the best 100 women then unfortunately I expect the team of the men to get more than 75%. Judit polgar's expected score against kasparov is probably sligthly better than 25% but if you go down in the list the difference becomes clearly bigger. Uri
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