Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 21:32:27 05/27/99
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On May 27, 1999 at 23:09:48, Micheal Cummings wrote: [snip] >But I think these days the best way for 99% of people to improve in chess is to >play against a program. Cause you can play anytime you want. And you will never >become shy if you lose. Like some people do when they lose against another >person. > >Not everyone has the time to get coached, or to go to a chess club, and most of >the time all your other family members hate the game. And these days you can >get a GM level play out of the top programs. And if you have programs like >Chessmaster 6000, you get a whole lot of nice features to keep you interested. [snip] I am going to have to disagree with your comment. People in general will benefit far more from playing against a stronger human, who can actually explain to them why they are losing. If you can find someone 300 elo points higher than you to play games with, or go over your tournament games with, you have a far better chance of being able to profit than if you were just to play a machine repeatedly. I suspect the balance might change a bit when you reach 2400 or so, at that point there are not so many people around who are 300 points better than you, and you already understand enough about chess that you can benefit from playing a computer serious 40/2 games and annotating them afterward. But ask a 2400 player :-) Dave
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