Author: Stephen Ham
Date: 15:00:16 12/06/02
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On December 06, 2002 at 17:16:45, Matthew Barnett wrote: >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 Dear Matthew, I think you may be writing about our very own Uri Blass. As I recall, Uri won the Israeli Correspondence Ch. a few years ago. Being a man of honor, he was very open about what he did, not claiming any glory for himself. I do recall Uri liking Chessmaster and Junior 5 and then later favoring Deep Fritz, although I don't recall if he found any of them valuable in the endgame. Perhaps your memory is better than mine. :-) Best wishes to you in Correspondence Chess! Stephen
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