Author: Steve Lopez
Date: 13:15:29 01/21/00
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On January 21, 2000 at 12:04:46, Mike Carter wrote: >On January 20, 2000 at 09:26:35, Steve Lopez wrote: >> >>Chessplaying programs I use: >>All of the ChessBase stuff (in Sparring mode, Friend mode, and for analysis. >>Fritz6, the two Doctor?s, and Hiarcs7.32 are my faves, plus Junior when I have >>it tweaked up to look for sacs. I'm also partial to the latest Crafty engine. I >>don't use Winboard engines though -- they were taking up piles of hard drive >>space and I found I was seldom playing them anyway). > >Steve - does this mean you don't play any timed games (blitz, rated, etc) when >using Fritz? I try to play with a TC so I always feel I'm training for a rated >game. Personally I would use the sparring mode (which I love!) much more if it >allowed a time control to be set... even if it was just for the human. I very seldom play timed games against any program. This is due to my unusual lifestyle -- although I work at home, my games are liable to be interrupted at any moment by the family or by the phone. It's true that most programs (Fritz included) have an option that allows you to pause the clocks temporarily, but (to me) this just defeats the whole purpose. It's not a big issue with me anyway -- I no longer play rated OTB chess, so it's not like I need to be terribly cognizant of the clock. I do play timed gamed on-line, in which case I lock the office door. When my wife yells through the door to ask what I'm doing, I tell her I'm looking at porn pics -- for some reason this upsets her less than telling her that I'm playing chess (again). ;-) The forthcoming Fritz6 patch will allow you to play timed games in Friend mode, btw. -- Steve Lopez The Chess Kamikaze Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/ludekdudek/ The Chess Kamikaze Club: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/chesskamikazes
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