We were discussing this in another forum, well, sort of. I always
thought someone using chess 'aids' in whatever form should declare it
on their first move so the other player can decide whether or not to
continue the game. Why exactly you'd want to play a computer
indirectly through another person via the internet I'm not quite sure.
Personally, I'd just buy a chess computer 😉.... As for someone's form
changing during a match, remember correspondance chess is a lot
different to real-time chess. I was playing awfully on Thursday and
Friday and today, after a good sleep, I doing much better. Also, the
blinder might have been a lucky move. I don't think chess computer's
generally play 'blinders anyway' ( do they? ). They work out which
move will provide them with the best position on average in x moves
time. I think. A chess programmer might be able to help me on
that. I always thought they played more 'flawless' games.
Anyone?
Ms Boo.
Kasparov lost against Deep Blue on a mainframe. In October Kramnik
will win $1 million if he beats Deep Fritz 7 on a PC. My impression is
that people at our level would lose heavily in a match against any of
the current range of chess playing programs on an average PC.
UNLESS - and MAYBE - we were to spend an enormous amount of time
analysing positions. I have a friend who is a postal player. He does
this but he has a very well researched repertoire and he's Elo 2000
postal.
People should certainly declare if they are using a computer, but we
should also be aware that it is easily possible that your opponents
may use a computer. If this is a concern, it is best to play against
people you know or are very active on RedHotPawn. When we were
building the site, I used a computer to play games while testing and
believe me, it gets very boring - most people using one will probably
stop after just a few games, because it really isn't fun. The only
motivation to abuse it from my point of view is if you're trying to get
one up on a friend or if you want to improve your rating. But as the
rating is really for your own benefit to see how well you have been
playing, I don't see much point to doing this either.
As for computers playing blinders, I think it takes a very good chess
player to notice if a blinder is played anyway - if a computer is given
long enough to calculate and plays a very tactical move - it probably
won't be apparent until a few moves later and that assumes good play
on both sides also.
Computers rarely play blinding strategic or positional moves, or, if
they do, they play them for the wrong reasons.
Cheers,
Chris
Originally posted by CheckMeWhen I've had a few too many, I play rashly and generally badly with the occasional bit of brillinace. When I am sober, I am far more consistent!
I was wondering what the rules are on the use of them because i was
playing a game and the guy was playing really badly and then played
a blinder and i was wondering he might of used a computer to help
him so what r the rules on this