Author: Harald Faber
Date: 03:47:11 06/25/03
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On June 25, 2003 at 05:39:01, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >Thanks for your feedback. In return let me also make you a hopefully good >present at the end of the debate. > >Now, the answer is clear: the better you write the less people can follow you. >If you do a brilliant job you become a bit lonely! That is reality and it always >will be. Not only that. E.g. there are other guys able to follow but not able to write themselves. Once I had a small convesation with Christian Goralski. Plays stronger than me and agrees to my investigations (engines). He said he finds it great what I do and my articles. My question arose: why don't you do it too, you are strong enough player? He simply couldn't explain. Without wanting to be taken as arrogant: The guys not able to follow me cannot play chess even at a basic level. Even my humble knowledge is only basic. The majority in the computer chess boards has only lower chess skills and therefore cannot contribute. That is the real point. >So you >must do the job for itself, because it makes so much fun to make a good job. I >promise you that other people will keep an eye on you. Sooner or later you will >have the chance to write in CSS yourself. Look at Helmut. What he writes you >could also do. You are on a very promising road. Friedel is always searching for >people who can write factual articles. Hehe, that makes me laugh. I don't find it worthwhile to write for CSS unless they change their strategy to being OBJECTIVE. That is my strength. And my weakness. I am objective. I am independent, looking from the customer's point of view. That is not what CSS stands for. And do you think they would engage me to write for them, based on my unsound past postings? >Perhaps a final hint for your chess comments. I read some of them and I have >almost the same strength you have. I must ask you if you really believe that >people start debating with you about such opinions or analyses? Didn't you know >that people always look at titles and numbers of Elo? Funny and sad, isn't it? They have DWZ/ELO < 1400 but only accept opinions from players with ELO > 2700. Strange world. >So, you have no other choice: make your analyses of computerchess >games as lively as you can, just to satisfy your own mind and sharpen your >thoughts and forget about the other people. That is what I started to do more and more. Count my postings from the past 6 months. Background is that I have started to focus on my own play to improve. Of course with computer help, so I can also see their weaknesses. I don't find I miss some important discussions in the computer chess boards and I can ignore >95% of the messages there. This makes life easy and less time-spending. And led to less postings than I have written 1, 2, 3 or more years ago. >But you can be sure that many people >will silently follow what Harald Faber is doing now. At least the late Elvis >always was on your page as I know. And so many others do. I also know that the majority are silent readers. Few of them contact me directly but most of them are not interested being involved in some dubious board dsicussions. >Simply take this trivial stuff from an older chess fan. Harald, if you wait for >satisfaction on a regular base dont seek it in the community of computerchess! Once I have been interested to spare my findings and experience with others. This interest has decreased more and more. I have started to limit to post results and proving wrong when someone writes nonsense about certain engines. >And for all continue to be >as open as possible, like you always were. Although you will discover many >weaknesses in your past contributions. Doesn't matter. In the end you will also >see that you are NOT depending on how the CSS team is handling censorship. Oh, this is what I have seen much earlier. ;-) >You must not spoil your hobby with such topics. There are situations where I cannot close my eyes and ignore injustice. But now it is enough. >That is what you will discover very >soon. At least I hope so. Till then, all the best and have fun! > >Rolf Thanks and stay tuned. :-)
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