Author: blass uri
Date: 22:03:21 08/17/99
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On August 17, 1999 at 18:39:02, Stephen Ham wrote: >Dear Uri, > >I presume you are playing in the Israeli Correspondence Ch. and not putting >Junior into an OTB championship. If so, openings that are statistically best for >computers versus humans in OTB chess probably don't relate to what's best in >correspondence chess. Further, the result of games between compuers and humans >probably has little to do with openings anyway. Humans can play their openings >properly, only to miss tactics in the middlegame. > >For example, since computers excel at tactical calculations in the middlegames >versus humans, then openings that lead to open and aggressive middlegames are >advantageous for computers in OTB chess. However, in correspondence chess, where >the human can deeply/accurately (hopefully) analyse the lines, this is less of a >factor. In fact, I believe reliance upon computers at the higher levels of >correspondence chess is actually foolish, unless one only uses them for "blunder >checks". > >My belief is that in correspondence chess, one should always play the very best >line that one can. If some lines are objectively equivalent, then play the lines >that are subjectively most attractive to you. > >Of course, I presume it's OK to use a computer in Israeli Correspondence chess? >Also, how do you know your opponent isn't also using a computer? I believe that part of them use a computer but part of them do not use a computer. The computer also have chances againt part of the players who use a computer because they may use it only for a short time and they can miss ideas that a computer can see only at long time controls. If so, your >anti-human strategy is irrelevant. Thus, the proper course of action is to >forget about the computer's opening book and play the openings you think are >best for Uri Blass; then have Junior assist you after that. The problem is that I am interested what is the results of Junior in this competition. I do not promise to play only with it but this is my intention now. I agree that a computer cannot win in the highest levels of correspondence chess but this is not the highest level but only the 3/4 final of Israel correspondence championship. I am interested to see if a computer can go to the final without help when I want to give it the best opening moves based on some rules. I prefer to give Junior the opening book of Junior because I believe that Junior understand better its opening book. Uri
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