Author: blass uri
Date: 07:36:49 11/02/98
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On November 02, 1998 at 10:18:11, Reynolds Takata wrote: >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. It is not clear what is a master because I believe that a master in U.S.A when using computers is against the rules is a lower level than a master in other countries when using computer programs is legal. I cannot compare this rating to international rating and the question is what is the international rating of this 2410 guy Uri
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