Author: Gaylord Cohen
Date: 10:16:45 05/28/99
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On May 28, 1999 at 11:06:08, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Hi: >The question cannot be answered if you does not explain what your purpose is. >Just to ge fun? To get funny buddies? To become a strong player? >For becoming stronger than you actually is, computer are esential. They teach >you to defend. But then to play human is esential because is only playing human >you get credential as strong player. Besides is playing human you can face that >part of chess consisting in overcoming mistakes made in the tactical realm by >the opponent. Only with humans you are still capable of taking advantage of >them. With computer you never will be in conditions to use the old tricks of >double attacks, forks, etc. They does not let you do so. >Fun? Then computers are the answer, at least for me. Humans are too much engaged >in emotional terms and with it the pleasure vanishes in a degree if you are not >member of that kind of despicable guys that love to crush a human being and feel >superior because of that. >fernando Hi, Fernando! Who, me? I just play chess for the sheer love of the game, and perhaps the computer can be the PERFECT chess partner for me, especially because I have a helter-skelter job, a chess-playing wife who works---and HATES losing---and, no driver's license, let alone a car to drive to the chess club on Thursday evenings...and I don't KNOW anybody else who plays chess. Don't get me wrong, I'm a very friendly, social person who would LOVE to play chess with ANYONE, but who has the time to waste on chess anymore? And, with all the crime going on in our society today, who can you EVEN trust?! Let me get off my soap box and close by saying this: if you want a chess buddy, buy(or download)a PC chess program, or buy a dedicated chess computer...Believe me, you'll be GLAD that you did! :-) -Gaylord
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