Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 23:55:50 05/23/03
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On May 24, 2003 at 02:10:39, Earl Fuller wrote: >On May 24, 2003 at 01:25:29, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote: > >>On May 24, 2003 at 01:17:33, Earl Fuller wrote: >> >>> ... If you really want to be a "pretty crafty chess player" you can start by making your own moves! >> >>Would it be acceptable to write one's own chessprogram and use it then for >>assistance? >> >>Regards, Reinhard > > >No! Look it's real simple to understand. The rules say no computers. End of >story. >Now they do have postal chess with computers assistance allowed! >There also is, postal computer chess! Hmmmmmm, lets say you entered a postal >computer chess tourament, ok. Now, your program reaches a position in the end >game, will say, and it makes a move that you know is not right! Would it be >fair for others, if you took the move back and played a move you know is correct >for your computer? When in fact the program couldn't find the move on it's own! >Of course not! Well,---- >Earl The simple fact of the matter is, and I know this, most corr. players, over 90% use computers, and for that reason I quit corr. altogether....forget the rules or honesty in corr. chess, it hardly exists! Sorry but, it's what _is_ not what it _should_ be....sigh... Regards, Terry An Ex-Corr. Master! P.S. My last opponent, from India had a rating over 2700 with computer aid, I drew with Black with a pawn up...he consulted EGTBS when I offered the draw to reach the same conclusion I did without them....it was a Dead Draw! Yes we both consulted computers, as he wanted to play _advanced_ corr. chess, still my moves were mostly my own and I didn't use EGTBS, but lacked the _true_ spirit of the game. Well there will be no nextime! He said he'd kill me next time, I just said to myself, why play? It's nonsense. He called it advanced chess, well I think advanced chess for the most part, is a bastardization of the Regal Game! It is mildly interesting, but I will emphasize mildly, even when the world's best players use computers in their OTB matches. Terry
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