Author: Melvin S. Schwartz
Date: 11:34:33 02/05/00
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On February 05, 2000 at 10:09:06, James A. Tackett wrote: James, I am a very serious chess player. I have been playing chess for over 20 years, and I"m dead serious about the game. Actually, I have been playing chess off and on for more than 20 years but don't want to give hints to my age. Getting back to being serious about chess, I agree that certain posts regarding computer chess can be quite boring, and that "human" chess talk can be a very worthy discussion. I say all this and can assure you I am an extremely dedicated, seriously determined chess player who has not given up the game and is still fighting for his first win. Now, can anyone be more serious about chess than that? Mel >Several times I have read posts that ask a chess question as opposed to a >computer chess question, and subsequently saw people jump all over them because >it was not a "computer chess question." OK, I agree this Board should be for >computer chess, but where does one go to post questions about chess or >tournament play? I have never seen a refernence to a chess or tournament >message board. > >The utility of the CCC board is obvious, and I read it every day like normal >people read the news papers. Yet, I am bothered by the reletivly large number of >posts that read "I just got Monster 666, and boy is it strong! Much stronger >than Demon 999." A reading of the post reveals that a simple match was played >and the person counted the score and is reporting it here. I get the further >impression that these people are not doing this to discover the truth about a >program, but rather they just like watching one program play against another, >like some people watch a tank of tropical fish. The level of chess skill could >be Class D or lower. > >When Computer Chess Reports was being published, there were strong players (IM) >reporting on chess programs and giving me insights that only strong players can >give. I miss CCR and feel that CCC is a three class step down for serious chess >players wanting really informative information about chess programs.
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