Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 15:07:27 12/16/99
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On December 16, 1999 at 17:45:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On December 16, 1999 at 16:56:23, Peter Kappler wrote: > >>On December 16, 1999 at 15:08:26, robert michelena wrote: >> >>>Ok Bob, you win. I was wrong. Average players do win on occasion. >>> >>>Sorry to cause such an uproar. >>> >>>Now, excuse me while I train my flying pig. >>> >>>ha ha ha ha >> >> >>Robert, >> >>I'm curious, what is your approximate playing strength? Have you ever played >>tournament chess? Do you play online? >> >>I'm asking this question, because I can understand how a beginning chess player >>might share your perception that chess computers are "unbeatable" by >>non-GrandMasters. >> >>But even a slightly above average player (~1800 ELO) should be able to quickly >>see the computer weaknesses. Exploiting these weaknesses well enough to draw or >>a win is tricky, but if you keep working at it you will occasionally succeed. >> >> >>--Peter > > >I really don't know, as I have never played regularly. In 1970, I played >in a 7-round USCF event in Birmingham, and had a provisional rating over >2200. I always felt that was skewed, because I beat a player rated right >at 2200, but we played _all_ the time, and I knew what he liked and didn't >like, and caught him in an unexpected transposition that led to wild tactics >rather than his preferred quiet game. > >A few months ago I split a 10-game match on ICC with a FM (OldCoach was his >handle I think...) My major shortcoming is not playing nearly enough to keep >tactically sharp. I don't have a lot of trouble with snap-judgement on >positions, because I study that all the time with Crafty. But if you don't >play a lot, tactics go quickly. I haven't played any serious chess in maybe >15 years... > >I do occasionally get caught up in playing a computer to get a feel for what it >is doing. I can learn more about it by playing it myself than I can by watching >someone else... Hi Bob, Actually, my question was addressed at Robert Michelena, but thanks for responding. :-) My guess is that he's a beginning chess player, and chess computers seem completely unbeatable to him. --Peter
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