Author: stuart taylor
Date: 06:32:13 09/19/03
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On September 19, 2003 at 08:49:17, Drexel,Michael wrote: >On September 19, 2003 at 05:59:56, stuart taylor wrote: > >>I have only now read everyones replies, and I like the fact that most opinions >>are calibrated, that playing against computers isn't the best way to improve >>ones chess, even though I' also a bit dissapointed that my whole idea for many >>years was to do just that, and to improve thereby. >> I have long been intending to do it in a disciplined way (like I once tried to, >>occasionaly, when my living conditions allowed for it). And I was also waiting >>for the the most helpful program to do it with. >> For sure, I'm not convinced that this method CAN'T succeed, when it is used in >>the maximal way. >> And now you are saying that IF a program is good for that, the best would be >>Hiarcs 9.0? >> Or maybe the ":)" (being a smilie) is a part of the statement. > >Do you think it was a typo? :) >You wrote in a message you will practically never buy Hiarcs 9 therefore my >reply. >To get serious again. Your question can not be answered in general. It depends >on the players weaknesses. > >Michael I don't know yet, though I'm very curious about this and all new engines when they come out. I soon want to get the best I can (a few programs) and then close my interest in new programs, and think about my own playing a bit (and stick with those programs). And then, to close that interest too, later on. But now that top programmers sometimes say that hardly anything which CAN be done HAS been done in computer chess programming, I might just have to kill my curiosity withOUT having a feeling of partial satisfaction that what I have will never be entirely crushable (e.g. will Shredder 7.04 ever be entirely crushable?). (But besides that, or maybe even more important, is how instructive it is to play it.) S.Taylor > >> >>I thank you all for your replies and welcome more. >>S.Taylor
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