Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 07:15:03 12/11/02
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On December 11, 2002 at 05:55:31, stuart taylor wrote: <snip> >Isn't the stronger the program, the more you can learn from it, when losing? >S.Taylor I don't believe there is a universal answer to that question. Someone who gets discouraged easily and soon quits will not learn much from a program that slaughters him/her every game. A very strong chess player will be able to appreciate the subtleties. Such a player should be able to learn a lot from thorough post-mortem analyses. Incidentally, it is in the post-mortem analyses where I suspect most of the learning takes place. It is there where one's "bubbles are burst." For someone like me, chess engines help me to purge out the gross blunders of my game. All subtleties are "over my head." : ) I find that what I desire is a chess-playing program that arrives at a good answer quickly. It is a pain to wait for the engine to make up its mind. I wish 3000 Kn/s chess computers were available today, at a price I could afford. I sure could use one for my post-mortem analyses. A really fast chess computer would be especially nice for evaluating GM games. In that case, a very strong chess engine is a must. Bob D.
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