Author: Telmo C. Escobar
Date: 17:35:21 10/26/04
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On October 26, 2004 at 18:51:59, Alan Grotier wrote: >On October 26, 2004 at 18:08:06, Dmitri wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I am looking for a place on the net to play correspondance chess and use a >>computer to assiast with blunder checks and tactical positions. Sort of advanced >>correspondace chess, but my problem is most places consider this cheating and i >>don't want to cheat. So my question is are there any organizations that allow >>this? >> >>With regards, >>Dmitri > > Dmitri, > I start by saying that I do not wish to offend. > > Now having said this,where do you get your satisfaction > from a chess game knowing that your opponent was beaten > because you had the strongest chess computer? > In other words you did not defeat him in battle. > Your computer did! Where is the satifaction in that? > > I ask a very simple question ;is it not better to defeat > your opponent or lose to him because it was you and your > efforts and not your silicon buddy? > > I admit I am now old fashioned with old fashion values. > It seems these are thing of the past. > > My old fossil remains can be dug up in Montréal. The stronger chess engine, or the faster computer, can lose against the person with the better understanding of chess. This is because computers, for their astonishing calculating powers, still don´t reach the human ability to elaborate plans and rapidly identify the key elements in a due position. This means that, if I play against Kasparov, both using a computer, I using Deep Fritz 8 in a 3G+ Athlon computer, while K uses Crafty running on an old 500M, he probably goes to win, as the computer alone doesn´t suffice. You have to propose interesting lines for the machine to analize, and Kasparov will produce more and better ideas. The same applies always that two individuals are using computers. This kind of competition, where both parties are aided by a computer, and both know what hard & soft are the partner using, has nothing to do with cheating. It is a perfectly decent -and interesting- kind of competition. Telmo
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