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Subject: Re: USCF computer chess ratings

Author: margolies,marc

Date: 20:53:48 05/13/03

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On May 13, 2003 at 19:19:50, Earl Fuller wrote:

>On May 13, 2003 at 14:18:00, margolies,marc wrote:
>
>>chess knowledge has improved universally, not merely in the opening. this is a
>>function of the explosion in english language chess literature and computer
>>assisted training. I therefore do not accept the premise of your
>>counterargument.
>>Although I can see how a casual player might not need to use this knowledge as
>>much due to the prevalence of shorter time controls which are percieved to have
>>an economic funtion for chess organizers.
>
>
>Yes, i do agree with alot you have said!  However, i'm not really convenced that
>the human players knowledge has increased all that much in over the board play,
>except in the opening!  Yes, they do have some knowledge increase, forsure, in
>the middle game and endgame, but to say more than that would be saying that a
>1900 rated player of today would be equal to a 2100 rated player of yesterday
>and i'm not totally convenced thats true, except maybe in the opening as i have
>stated before.
>However, both sides of the argument are interesting to say the least.
>Earl

I am sure that you make it much easier on yourself to disagree with me when you
put words in my mouth that dont ring true. I never mentioned any hypothetical
deltas ( rating changes directly attributable to time change) so using an overly
large one would of course bullocks my argument.





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