Author: Steve
Date: 17:02:00 12/09/99
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On December 08, 1999 at 19:59:59, Dann Corbit wrote: >On December 08, 1999 at 17:47:02, Luis E. Alvarado wrote: > >>Very good classification. I am between the patzer and the experienced player. >>After a computer CM6K game I always ask myself. am I that stupid ?? ( I guess >>the answer is yes > >Don't feel bad. I was once actually humiliated by CM5500. I can only say that >it didn't just beat me, it really embarrassed me. I have never had such a >feeling of being dominated and outwitted in all my life. There was a time when >computer chess games were beatable and the hardware was simply not all that >great. Now days, the programs are too good and the hardware is too strong. It >is no shame to be beaten by a commercial program, or even by a decidedly >non-pansy freeware one. >;-) I've had similar experiences with CM, Fritz, and Hiarcs. But I will say this for all of them: they never gloat about it, often have something gracious to say afterwards (the ChessBase programs), are willing to go over the game and point out what I missed, and will even play me again. Quite an improvement over the average human of comparable strength.
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