Author: walter irvin
Date: 05:00:00 07/03/99
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On July 03, 1999 at 01:19:18, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >On July 02, 1999 at 21:43:11, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>I am sure almost all guys here share with me the following experience: you do >>not get enough profit and enjoyment from the top-notch programs you already have >>and not even know exactly how many things they can do for you because you are >>thinking too much about those you still do not have or even do not exist yet. >>Yesterday I realized how many times I have not loaded and played Rebel 10 because >>of that, so I played two games in a row at 40/60 on my fastest computer, an >>Armada 266, 98 Mb Ram. Rebel played with Anti-GM -anti patzer would fit better >>for me-, combination on, EOC in smart mode, tournament book, learning on and in >>each game kicked my ass at around the 30ยบ move phase, where I was between 0,5 >>and 1,12 points behind. The fact is that I have forgotten how good Rebel is, how >>many things it can do for me, etc. And the reason is the time I have lost playing >>new freeware programs, testing, pitting one program against the other, etc. >>I am sure we could get a lot more fun if our best games -lost or won- could be >>seen here and analyzed publicly for one or more Fide or IM that I know are >>part of this club. It could be a way to improve our game AND to see the progress >>of chess computer against humans at decent time, not hust a game in 30 minutes or >>so. The my question is: are you, FM or IM players here, interested in looking at >>the most interesting game of the month played by someone here and doing an >>analysis of it and are you, members of this site, interested in delivering what >>you consider your best game -lost or won, who cares- for that exercize? If this >>kind of thing could be done, we could get not only a lot of fun, but some chess >>education and we would produce another source for rating chess programs in the >>decisive aspect of game played against the human race. >>What do you think? >>Fernando > >Fernando, > >We guys are always looking for a prettier woman, a faster car or a prettier, >faster and smarter chess computer. Rebel 10 is an excellent program but is >eclipsed by Hiarcs 7.32 and Fritz 6.x . In turn these programs will be fondly >remembered as childs' play in another ten years. > >Ed Schroder is already doing his GM of the month. I think that your idea has >merit. I submitted one of my games against Hiarcs 6 on the 20th of May, 1999 >and it was ignored. So, we basically have the mindset--"Who the hell is he and >why should we think of his game as having any value". Now, if Karpov, Fischer >or Kasparov were to put up a game that they played against Rebel or Fritz then >you would have countless responses. It is human nature to want to associate >with "winners" and those who do feel good about themselves. We all know of "the >Emperors' clothes" and the fact that if a person in authority says something >then it must be true. > >In short, yes, you have a good idea but will the egos of this place allow it? > > >Tim Frohlick you are not just right, you are 100% right.
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