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Subject: Re: Chess programs & correspondence chess

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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