Author: Sandi Ordinario
Date: 10:01:52 01/23/03
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On January 23, 2003 at 01:19:23, margolies,marc wrote: >i think kotov teaches humans to play play like silicon....trees of analysis for >decisions, its all very minimax O-R type stuff to me. i remember seeing a book >of botvinniks about chess and computers it felt so much like kotov. >as far as the russian authors go, the trainer who helps me always recommends, >suetin to me and after that, romanovsky. i read in russian very slowly, and i >often supplement a russian text with a german or spanish translation when i can >find them used or cheap. alot of the american translations are excellent but >highly abridged of game content, which exemplifies more to me than the >explicatory paragraphs that are retained. >you sound like a very strong player, sandi, as well as modest. it is not common >to beat grandmasters, particularly if they are strong. >still it is possible to do what you say, i know this because when i run a tactic >key on a current twic games download, then to search the keys to start reading >the piece play of IMs and weak GMs from small countries in zonal tourneys, i >have to wince when i see them miss the mate-in-ones. >i am so sorry to hear of your problems at ICC i do cap2 work in the background >when i play there and have yet to suffer troubles. >my experience at playchess.com is different though, whenever i have a good >streak of uck the auto detect program on their erver goes berserk and print red >warning letters on my screen. i bitch to the sysops and they apologize to me but >say this sort of thing is necesary to catch the real criminal cheats. Thanks a million, Marc!! You have just reinstated my faith in TDs, Server Admins and the like for Chess websites. Thanks also for your assessment of my level of play and personality. Sandi
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