Author: Stephen Ham
Date: 14:54:15 12/06/02
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On December 06, 2002 at 16:24:53, Anatoli Sirota wrote: >On December 06, 2002 at 12:56:18, Stephen Ham wrote: > >>. For example, I don't use >>any chess engines to analyse during my games; I find my own moves. However, I >>use Nimzo 7.32 to blunder check to ensure I'm not hanging material >>(unknowingly!) before posting the move. After the game, I use Nimzo 7.32 or >>sometimes Fritz to help me wade through complex tactical positions (yes, even I >>reach a few of those). So I could have voted None, since I find my own moves >>during the game. Instead, I voted for Nimzo, since I do use it after my games. >>So, in spite of the vagueness of the question, I think the poll is significant >>in that nobody voted for None. Still, I'd like to see a new poll where the >>question is specific to chess engine use for analytical support DURING the game. > > >Stephen, if you use an engine JUST 'to blunder check', it means you use it to >help yourself playing by correspondence. And according to ICCF rules, it is >illegal to use any engine during the game, even if you have a good reason. But >don't worry, these days everyone from a begginer till the Cor. World Champion >uses Fritz or any other program to make his life easier. Just open your fritz >and walk together with it along the games of Tony Oim or Timmerman ! But none of >the cor. players want to confess it, but no one needs their confession. >Correspondence chess steped in the new era when a player MUST use an engine, >otherwise he doesn'e have any chances in these new conditions. I played cor. >chess for more then 15 years and now I finish my last tournament and quit. Cor. >chess is dead as a branch of chess. I read your messages and some other players >at J. Kundsen forum. Also I followed your match with Fritz and Nimzo. It is >impossible to argue with the visitors of that forum. ALL of THEM use fritz but >just tell them that someone else use it too!! They will eat you alive. > >Regards, >Anatoli Sirota Dear Anatoli, I'm sorry to read that you've quit CC. The CC world is all the weaker for your absence because you are a strong and highly talented player. I'll miss seeing your games. Nonetheless, my friend, you are in error regarding the ICCF rules. It's never prohibited computer use. Also, it's never prohibited consulting with other players. Their reasoning is that it's pointless to have rules that can't be enforced. I don't know if this is sound reasoning, but those are the rules so I follow them. Prior to playing in the ICCF, I played in the USCF (U.S. Chess Federation) where there IS a prohibition against computer move generation and blunder checking and also against outside consultation. I honored those rules too and trusted my opponents to do likewise. Anatoli, I do agree with you you about The Correspondence Chess Message Board. People have very strong opinions there and one can get eaten alive. Still, you are correct: most of the strongest players insist that a computer is a mandatory tool for the highest level of CC. In fact, I don't recall ever reading about any top-level player claiming NOT to use a computer. Maybe that's why I've plateaued out at about 2500. Still, using a computer removes the fun for me so I won't do it. But then, my chess style is more technical than tactical, so it probably doesn't affect me very much. Anatoli, I wish you all the very best in your chess life and hope that you'll return to CC some day. Sincerely, Stephen
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