Author: Uri Blass
Date: 04:15:36 05/24/05
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On May 23, 2005 at 18:59:07, jim r uselton wrote: >I have a friend who argues thusly---" If you are a good enough chess player you >will >be able to tell when a computer is suggesting a move >which loses or when the computer is suggesting a >move which is not the best move. Everybody knows >that a strong player using a computer will beat a >weak player using a computer.'' > >How does one answer such a statement? I'm not that knowledgeable about chess >engines and feel my friend may be wrong. He is clearly wrong. He says: "If you are a good enough chess player you will be able to tell when a computer is suggesting a move which loses or when the computer is suggesting a move which is not the best move." It is not correct Good chess players may do it in part of the cases but the in part of the cases they simply do not know. He says: "Everybody knows that a strong player using a computer will beat a weak player using a computer." Good chess players may not know the fact that they do not know and suggest inferior moves in part of the cases only because they believe that they know more so a good player that is using a computer may even lose against computer with no help. If the players know what they do not know then probably the better player have more chances but experience proved that this is not always the case Uri
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