Author: Mark Ryan
Date: 17:58:48 04/19/04
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On April 19, 2004 at 16:17:37, Mark Ryan wrote: >Hi Stephen and others: > >Which chess engines are most likely to be used by correspondence chess players? >Which engines are used to check for tactical shots, which for positional play, >which for the endgame, which for opening theory? Many thanks for all answers so far. As usual, my question was probably a little vague, and I need to clarify a few points. 1. Most importantly, I had no intent to imply cheating by correspondence chess players. In fact, let me quote the Wikipedia article on "correspondence chess": "The use of chess books and chess computers is allowed, although many hobby players voluntarily do without them. At the top level, however, computers, while useful for checking relatively short-term tactics, are no match for the strongest players if left to play a complete game." 2. The basic purpose of my question was to attempt to discover if there was any difference between the chess engines preferred by OTB players and correspondence players. Also, I wanted to get a feel for the level of "respect" that correspondence players have for the positional sense of various chess engines. I realize now that it would be very difficult to answer any of these questions. Thanks, Mark
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