Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 08:42:44 11/19/02
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On November 18, 2002 at 13:13:24, Dan Andersson wrote: >I stand by the crock part. White does not have time to fool around in the >Sicilian opening. And giving away the advantage of the first move and playing >second string openings can only be counter productive. A little unortodoxy and >unpredictability OTOH can only be good. > >MvH Dan Andersson Sorry for this late response. My feeling is that beginner and amateur (human) chess players need to learn how to refute opening errors, such as bringing the queen out too early. If one wishes to play against human beginners and amateurs, it would be a simple matter to do that at one of the many chess servers. To be sure, human beginners will play plenty of bad opening moves. But if one wished to play against a chess-playing program, then today there would be no opportunity to practice and develop one's skills at "refuting opening errors," because present-day chess engines play only the very best openings. The opening books are not made for people who wish to develop skills at "refuting opening errors." It would seem that playing against a silicon monster makes sense only in those situations where access to a chess server is inconvenient. A few examples would be: While sitting at the north pole with just a pocket computer, or maybe when at some other remote site. Maybe there's no demand for chess engines after all? : ) Bob D.
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