Originally posted by gambit3There is a difference.A program is able to help you make moves throughout the entire game,while a book will only get you so far.With a book you will have to start thinking for yourself somewhere along the game.I know,I have used books here.All it did for me was get me 10-15 moves deep in a game and then leave me in a position I didn't understand with no idea how to continue.It just results in more losses with nothing learned.
Seems to me that when you use a book; you are getting aid from another source . That book is analyzed by a grand master such as GM Nunn. How is that not cheating. The rules do not cover you and a friend analyzing a game. Is that not cheating? A gm analyzed game is not cheating. A program analyzed game is cheating. Go figure. I bet on GM Nunn vs. a program in a e mail game. By the way all I have said is general and not red hot pawn specific.
Sir Lot.