Author: Jonas Bylund
Date: 09:36:57 04/20/03
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On April 19, 2003 at 19:49:37, stuart taylor wrote: >I mean, I believe it is important enough to be worked on. Some programs have a >"chatter" (or some other name), but It's not taken seriously enough IMO. > It DOES have applicability to position to a small extent e.g. when it says e.g. >"hey, you're touching my Queen", which might be true. And that shows that it >really could make comments even much more applicable also. > > So PLEASE can it be done? > >I tend to feel that peoples pride gets in the way which stops the good players >from asking for this. It's too game-like and childish, which is basically true, >the way it's done. But they wouldn't admit that even THAT may have some benefits >of helping one focus on the game instead of surrounding distractions, and it's >also well known that a joking remark can stimulate the mind. > But it's a shame that when one tries to think into the comment, one normally >realises it was just a bluff or just a BIT too arbitrary, and it was really a >waste of time/effort to have even heard it. Nevertheless I have noticed that >many of the comments in chatter (with Fritz) HAVE been vaguely chosen to >represent the position on the board, which just makes a person listen for more, >when it is just sometimes hogwash, incidental, and indeed was merely a >distraction. > > So, it should be done much better, and there should even be a choice of >chatters. One of them should attempt to be actually instructive and thought >provoking, and should inspire confidence that what is being said must be thought >into. > >Opinions? Comments? future plans? > >S.Taylor Personally the first thing i do is to switch of any chatter in any chess program since i want to be able to concentrate 100%. If you are familiar with my homepage/s you will know it is not because i don't like effects and animations, i just don't think they belong in a chess program that's it. Jonas
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