Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 05:31:28 12/12/99
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On December 12, 1999 at 01:30:48, Jeff Anderson wrote: >I am an 18 year old chess player with a USCF rating right around 1700. I've >been playing chess for two and a half years now. I believe that computer chess >programs have caused serious faults in my ability to analyze. When I see people >analyzing a position, for example in the post mortem of a game, they usually do >it very well and see a lot of ideas and tactics, even though they are much lower >than me, yet I am overwhelmed. When I sit down in to annotate one of my games I > cannot possibly do it without my computer. When I try, I end up giving up and >thinking to myself, "What's the point. A computer would find better lines in a >fraction of a second." I, as young as many young chess players, will have a >difficulty analyzing because of a dependence on computer chess programs. >I believe an increased dependence on computer chess programs for analysis has >hurt my over the board play, and will hurt the over the board play. Nearly all >of the experts and masters I know rarely if ever use a computer chess program. >If they had used them when they were still class players, I doubt they would >have progressed to expert or master. Hello Jeff, I am much older than you, 48, and I have lots of fun playing chess programs. I also think that I have benefited from playing them. The way to do it is to formulate a strategic (long term objective) plan and then try to carry it out. If you make a tactical mistake, simply take back your moves as much as you wish, but by all means try to see if your long term plan was a good one. That way you will be thinking in terms of plans rather than in terms of immediate tactical execution. Experts and masters do not care so much about computers because they believe that computers / programs are still only tactical monsters without much knowledge of the strategy of the game. However, I guarantee you that, once they start playing the programs, they are in for a nasty surprise. To sum up: when you play, or analyse a position, be careful to find a plan first and try to carry it out. If you do not find a plan, no amount of computer-aided analysis will help you become a stronger player. Djordje
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