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Pastimes : Chess Masters -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MSB who wrote (38)	1/7/1998 3:47:00 AM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1124

OK, I'll take white and if I understand the notation guidelines you and Patrick are using, then I'll open with: E2-E4 which should be Kp-K4, for reference: magneticdiary.com Adding to Patrick's comments about playing computer opponents, I agree that there is a certain amount of predictability in the play. Even if it kicks my butt (and it usually does) I can get a sense of how it's going to be done. I have indeed found that 'so-so' human opponents can be a significant challenge as they sometimes make moves which are completely unexpected and thus, wreck my whole gameplan. Computers don't really make unexpected moves, they just make really good moves that you can't do anything about. Further to Bob's question about cheating. Well, if I can't win or lose on my own, I don't see much point in tying up my time on a thread (which really isn't the most easiest way to play anyway). I would rather just play my chess program or go to one of the real-time sites like iChess with board graphics and all the trimmings. Humans, and their unpredictable play, are much more enjoyable. Like you, I intend to use my chess program to have a board, pieces, and notation coordinates for reference. By setting it in human/human mode, all of features are turned off and it acts just like a 'dumb' board. I can play-save-resume multiple human/human games this way, and play while I'm doing 'other stuff' on my computer. Of course, we could both cheat and the net effect would be both of our computer programs playing each other&#151you and I would be spectators pushing around electrons&#151quite Borg-like. <g> -MrB "&#133and the machine masters had human operators for handling the day-to-day functions of turning them on and off&#151like servants alternately fetching coffee and sleeping pills&#151and to facilitate their chess games with other machine opponents."