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Subject: Re: Ches "Pros" Arrogance According to Oscar Wilde

Author: Mihaly Szalai

Date: 09:44:49 06/11/04

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On June 11, 2004 at 12:00:09, Uri Blass wrote:

>On June 11, 2004 at 11:35:23, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>
>>It is curious; each time a company advertise a new program that brings this or
>>that frills, boards, new and pleasant features for the people and so give to us
>>a decent reason to purchase them, two or three pros jumps and using his worst
>>sarcasm and louder arrogance say "nobody" want those things and besides they
>>insist -the old, very old argument- the CPU will lose such and such degree of
>>power to process the game.
>>So let me ask:
>>How many people here, pros included, are higher than 2000 Elo player? Or at most
>>2300?
>
>Not relevant.
>
>People usually do not buy chess programs to play against them.
>People who are interested in playing against programs can dowload free programs
>that are weaker.
>
>>So, what is the importance that a chess engine, with the frills, will play at
>>"only 2495" instead o 2550 without the frills?
>
>Important for part of the buyers.
>
>Chess programs are used for correspondence games when the target is to win so
>2550 instead of 2495 can give another half point and can be the difference
>between getting the IM norm and not getting the IM norm in correspondence games.
>
>Uri

Uri,

you completely rely on computer analysis in your
correspondence games?
No human ideas at all?
I can't believe it.

Mihaly

former correspondence chess player



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