Author: James Robertson
Date: 11:44:15 12/05/98
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On December 05, 1998 at 11:29:58, Laurence Chen wrote: >On December 05, 1998 at 10:57:33, Matthew Herman wrote: > >>On December 05, 1998 at 10:41:06, Ali Tofigh wrote: >> >>>Hi! >>> >>>I'm just wandering what the accepted norm for correspondence chess is. Is it >>>ethically wrong to use chess software for analysis of positions? Or can this be >>>seen just like other resources (for example opening books, etc...) >>> >>>Me, I think it's not wrong if it's not wrong to ask your friends for help. And I >>>know several people who do just that... Any opinions? >> >>Ali, from what I have read etc.. the use of computer programs for correspondence >>chess is legal for. : searching to see if the position has been played before in >>your database. in cb7 there is a opening report feature. using the ken thompson >>tablebases. (as it is just like looking in Basic Chess endings by fine etc..) >>Looking at analysis previously published (as you would look in ECO). >> >>I don't think it is legal to ask a "friend" for advice though. Or a computer >>program. One common use is people making their move and then "tactic checking >>it" to see if it allowed a huge shot. That is ILLEGAL. >> >>Those are just a few ... but I dont think it is "ethically" correct to have a >>computer help you with deciding on your move in that way (i.e. using the >>analysis engine). >I don't think it is unethical to use the computer in correspondence chess. >Especially in our times, computers are very cheap, and there are a lot of chess >programs available. And because correspondence chess is a slow game which >analysis produces better games than OTB, using a computer engine only helps to >avoid tactical mistakes, however, computers are still limited in their >understanding to chess strategy, and using the computers would only help to >produce games which are high in strategic thinking, that is, the human player >would have to come up with some strategic ideas which the computer is not able >to do. >Erudito This assumes two very strong opponents are playing each other, i.e. they can think of better moves than the computer. For bad players like me, I could think about a position for an hour and CM or some other program could come up with a better move in 2 minutes. If a weak player uses computer to help him, the opponent will be playing the computer, not the human. James
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