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Subject: Re: A BRIDGE FOR SALE IN BROOKLYN

Author: Boris Burrakowski

Date: 02:40:49 12/01/99

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On December 01, 1999 at 05:32:36, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On December 01, 1999 at 05:17:18, Boris Burrakowski wrote:
>
>>Hi!
>>
>>I have just one remark: as long as you speak about Internetchess,
>>you can't discard the possibility that the weaker player uses comp-assistance.
>
>If they're rated very low, it's not all that likely that they're using a
>computer, or the rating would be much higher.  Also, a few of the people I know
>(including myself :) who aren't very strong players can sometimes win against
>the computer, and I know this is without cheating.

I didn't say they always uses a computer, once in a while. I mean if you have a
programme maybe you are curious about how good it is -on your 133MHz- compared
to another on superior hardware.

>>From my own experience 1400 players drops a piece sooner or later (that's the
>>reason they are 1400).
>
>Usually they do.  Still, _sometimes_, however rarely, they can beat computers.
>That's the point of this whole discussion.



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