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Subject: Re: Chess Engines in Correspondence Chess

Author: Matthew Barnett

Date: 14:16:45 12/06/02

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I remember a couple of years ago (or more) a guy won a CC/email championship
with the help of computers - he was very open about this with his opponent(s)
who did not use a computer.  His technique was to favour different engines for
different kinds of positions and stages in the game.  I remember he found
ChessMaster particularly valuable in the endgame.  Does anyone else recall this?

I use the computer to help me analyse my correspondence games after I've
finished.  I often find chess engines lacking in some instances in their
positional awareness.  They also tend to favour aggressive lines of exchanges
which usually look drawish/weakening in the long run rather than go for a
waiting/holding move which can be more suitable to corr. chess time
controls/style.

One reason I'm interested in the new Chess Assistant is because it might
actually enable more useful/flexible analytical possibilites/results from
engines.  I've always thought that the ChessBase GUIs seem a bit wooden in this
regard.

Bests

Matthew



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