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Subject: Chess programs & correspondence chess

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 05:53:44 11/02/98

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On October 30, 1998 at 13:15:46, blass uri wrote:

>
>On October 30, 1998 at 12:38:13, Bela Andrew Evans wrote:
>
>>I'm beginning to wonder if the only people who buy these programs
>>so faithfully, version after version, are the people who just want
>>the satisfaction of having the strongest program as they battle one
>>program against another on their computer.
>
>There are other reasons to buy the top programs.
>You can use them in correspondence games against humans.

Why on earth does anybody want to use computer programs in correspondence
games?  I have been a computer chess enthusiast for many years, and I have
played in a few correspondence chess tournaments in the past.  The main
reason i quit playing correspondence chess was the wide-spread use of
computers.  Using a computer makes the game less fun for yourself as well
as your opponent.  What makes correspondence chess fun is (to me) mainly
the possibility of analysing tactical lines very deeply by hand --- what
point is there in letting a computer program find the tactics?

Tord

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>Uri



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