Author: Pablo Ignacio Restrepo
Date: 17:18:34 02/02/06
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Hello I.M. Vasik Rajlich. Sure. Right. Regards, Pablo On February 02, 2006 at 17:47:29, Vasik Rajlich wrote: >On February 02, 2006 at 07:06:23, Vikrant Malvankar wrote: > >>Peter Swidler on Computers >> >>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2897 >> >> >>"Chess and computer: what is the interest other than the money? >> >>You mean playing against the computer? >> >>Yes. >> >>For me there is no particular interest. I never have been offered any serious >>matches, but, in general, I think playing against computers is not very >>exciting. Computers play so well these days that, to have a chance to win, you >>have to work very hard – and work hard at things that probably will be counter >>productive when you play against humans – so it probably will harm your chess a >>little. >> >>If there is no financial incentive, I don’t see why there is any interest at >>all. You can try competing with computers at calculation, but this is not very >>wise, if you want to win. So, basically you have to train in playing closed >>positions, keeping it as simple and as non-tactical as possible. It is possible >>but there is not much fun in that. Playing the computer – I mean proper seven >>hour games – I never saw any attraction in that, apart from money. So I don’t >>really play against the computers. I use computers, as we all do, for help when >>analyzing, as a background check. You analyze and have the computer running in >>the background, to keep your analysis relatively blunder free. And that’s about >>it. " > >You could also say "if there is no financial incentive to beat other humans, I >don't see why there is any interest at all". It's what being a professional >means. > >Vas
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