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Subject: Re: Wanted: Chess Coach in a CD-ROM!! Possible??

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 08:53:21 04/20/99

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On April 20, 1999 at 08:35:17, Mike Saavedra wrote:

>In a past post, I jokingly mentioned that I basically wanted a "human" chess
>coach on a CD. I also thought that it would take a quantum leap in AI to develop
>something that will closely approximate anything close to that. Probably in 20
>or more years. Perhaps I will throw these ideas out there and see how feasable
>it is. Here is my dream program.
>
>First I think that this CDCoach would only need to be of FIDE master
>chessplaying strength in order to help most (probably 80-90%) players. Yet it
>would have to contain the greatest amount of chess knowledge of any program out
>there.
>
>The ability to annotate a group of games, determine weaknesses it had detected
>in several games and CREATE exercises to improve that particular player's skills
>where he is lacking (tactics , positional , opening , middlegame, endgame).

	I like this suggestion. This is the kind of feature I want to see in future
programs.

>Also
>help develop a study plan and suggest course of action as well as recommend
>books. Also it would gauge performance and improvement.
>

	It could be useful to advertise electronic books from the same producer. But
not cheap advertisement, I would like it only recommending material useful for
that particular player.

>Plays chess in variable strength without making weird moves or simply hanging
>pieces indiscriminately. Programs now seem to play a great opening, sucky
>middlegame and disastrous endgame in handicap matches IMHO. Something
>approximating human errors would be more fun and instructive. It would play in a
>style that is not unusual, but would challenge a player.
>
>Annotate GM games as well as an average FIDE master would.
>
>Connectivity to a electronic board and the ability to play online using a board
>for longer ICS games.
>
>Basically, a program that would help a player get to an expert status. What do
>you think?



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