Farce of Correspondence Chess
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terminator
Farce of Correspondence Chess
I was amused when a guy was called a "patzer" in a thread given by Uri Blass. How was he a "patzer" at 2500+ rating? He used Fritz10 and probably its default book. Not bad with a $16.66 program from Amazon.com and for someone who might be unable to beat a 1200 "patzer" at Playchess.com or ICC. Being a GM or a "patzer" at ICCF is not down to how you can compare to Capablanca or Fischer but how up to date your hardware and chess program(s) are. Isn't this a farce?
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kaissa
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Re: Farce of Correspondence Chess
That is up to the person. The joy of correspondence chess is the time you spend on research. I did not mind playing against a computer. You have a position to do search on. The opponent, whether a human or a computer, is irrevelant to the joy that I take during correspondence chess. I used computer help as well just to check out that I did not make a blunder.
On the other hand you have players who just feed the moves to the computer, sends the moves to the opponent. This is just typewriting. If a person enjoys gaining titles by typewriting, great for her/him. I do not care.
A rating class or two difference between one's correspondence rating and over the board rating is understandable. Anything higher just shows that the player is wasting her/his time.
On the other hand you have players who just feed the moves to the computer, sends the moves to the opponent. This is just typewriting. If a person enjoys gaining titles by typewriting, great for her/him. I do not care.
A rating class or two difference between one's correspondence rating and over the board rating is understandable. Anything higher just shows that the player is wasting her/his time.
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terminator
Re: Farce of Correspondence Chess
Do you play in the ICCF or some other place like FICGS? Nothing compares to playing humans on ICC or PlayChess. If I wanted to be bashed by Fritz, I would just fire it up and an hour later I have lost several blitz games. Why go for 50 days just to lose to a computer when you knew that already from the start?kaissa wrote:That is up to the person. The joy of correspondence chess is the time you spend on research. I did not mind playing against a computer. You have a position to do search on. The opponent, whether a human or a computer, is irrevelant to the joy that I take during correspondence chess. I used computer help as well just to check out that I did not make a blunder.
On the other hand you have players who just feed the moves to the computer, sends the moves to the opponent. This is just typewriting. If a person enjoys gaining titles by typewriting, great for her/him. I do not care.
A rating class or two difference between one's correspondence rating and over the board rating is understandable. Anything higher just shows that the player is wasting her/his time.
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Steve B
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Re: Farce of Correspondence Chess
the problem of course is that when you play on any online chess server these days..you can never be totally certain you are playing a humanterminator wrote: Nothing compares to playing humans on ICC or PlayChess.
many times its someone using an engine if not for the whole game.. at least part of the game
Regards
Steve