Author: Aloisio Ponti Lopes
Date: 01:35:09 12/12/99
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On December 12, 1999 at 03:28:17, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >Saying that chess programs retard the developement of critical thinking and >blunt the progress in chess playing ability is like saying that a medical >database/expert system impedes the practice of medicine. > Chess programs can improve your tactics dramatically! Chess programs play better chess than 95% (or more) of the human beings! (but a medical database/expert system is not a better doctor than a 3rd. year resident on a residency specialist program, but makes less gross errors than the 2nd and 1st. year resident!). >Computers are data-regurgitation devices. Fortunately. > If we see that nonsense is coming out >of them then we merely have to engage our own brain and solve the problem. >Depending on a computer for total validation in any field of knowledge is and >always will be a path to failure. > >There is no evidence that playing games on a computer turns ones' brain to mush. >There is no evidence that watching television turns ones' brain to mush. There >is no evidence that playing Doom or Quake or Duke Nukem will turn you into a >special forces commando or a homocidal maniac. > I agree with you, but maybe many, many psychologists don't. >I have been playing chess for over 35 years now and play at an expert level. I >know that I will never be a master. I have reached my plateau and don't think >that I will progress. This is a common finding in most players of the game. Yes, it is, but it isn't impossible to improve (although the effort might be tremendous...). >The use of computers has taken me from a mediocre player to one who appreciates >the fine nuances in "positional chess" . It is certainly true that computer >chess programs are not as good as the grandmasters at positional finesse. It >is, however, a great aid to have massive databases that you can search in a few >seconds ...hmm... is it helpful to have massive databases if you don't understand enough chess theory? >instead of poring over old books and magazines for hours. ...Bobby Fischer did that (and maybe every chess master in the world)... I think it is still the best method to improve! > >Chess computers do not limit your progress in chess--YOU DO!!!! > > >Tim Frohlick You're absolutely right. A. Ponti
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