Author: Reynolds Takata
Date: 07:18:11 11/02/98
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On November 02, 1998 at 08:53:44, Tord Romstad wrote: >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 > Well i don't play correspondence, but the reasons you give above are just your reasons for playing. Other people reason for playing is simply to win(doesn't matter how), winning is good enough for them. There was a thread on here sometime ago about wether in correspondence chess if progs would be masters. A lot of the so called com experts were saying no, but in fact just recently a Correspondence master just sent an apology letter to all of his opponents saying that he had been using a computer prog exclusively for the last 2.5 years, he was rated 2410. >>Uri
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