Author: blass uri
Date: 05:58:03 02/10/00
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On February 10, 2000 at 04:41:32, Alvaro Polo wrote: >On February 09, 2000 at 16:51:29, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>On February 09, 2000 at 15:49:48, C Morris wrote: >> >>>Quoting from pg. 289 of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", David Bronstein says "I >>>think computers have simply exposed man and shown that he has become conceited. >>>Grandmasters are convinced that they know how to play chess. But is this really >>>so?" Profound insight from a great world class chessplayer. >> >>Could be true, but it isn't the computer's fault, nor is it necessarily the >>programmer's. Taken at face value, the computers can be useful tools even for >>the strongest players, can improve the play of the vast majority of players, and >>can sometimes make anyone sweat. >> >>It's also fun to watch them play against each other. >> > >I agree with everything except that they can improve the play of most people. I >believe that the play of most people is unimprovable by any means, after some >years of practice. Of course there will always be exceptions, and possibly you >can improve a little through titanic efforts, but generally speaking, my >experience and the experience of most chessplayers that I know is that you don't >improve significantly no matter what you try. I think that most players are interested more in playing than in improving. I believe that they usually do not use their time for chess for improving. For example humans play a lot of blitz games and it is not productive for rheir results in serious games. Uri
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