17 Mar 07
Originally posted by mannieIt works both ways. If your opponent follows the losing side of a sharp line e.g. in the Dragon, he may be unable to put up the tenacious defence and lose worse than Fischer's opponent.
It doesn't seem sporting to allow databases on RHP. I notice that some admit they use them "if they don't know the line."
He could also be playing a new opening e.g the Benoni and not knowing the reasoning becomes unstuck when the opponent uses plan B instead of the well known plan A.
17 Mar 07
Originally posted by Ruppster1Analysis boards aren't allowed in FIDE tournaments either. Also you have to make all your moves in under 1 and a half hours (or whatever), here the quickest you need to move is a day. Basically, if someone is interested in an opening then they are likely to be playing it, and it's possible that they'll have bought a book, banning books would make it impossible to read your chess books while playing and has always been allowed in correspondence chess. Databases are an extension of this and in any case aren't the magic bullet that you seem to think that they are. The needn't cost anything - I use free software (SCID, but chessdb is probably better) and downloaded collections of games from various websites to get the actual database.
Would those items be allowed in a FIDE tournament? If not why should they be allowed here?
Endgame Tablebases aren't allowed as they amount to stored engine calculation, and engines aren't allowed, otherwise what you get is computer A playing computer B which isn't really the point...
18 Mar 07
Originally posted by DeepThoughtI asked about what tournaments allow because I have never played in one, maybe I the future. I have never used any of the aids you listed playing online( my ranking shows that lol ). I just think that I want to play using my own abilities, meager as they may be.
Analysis boards aren't allowed in FIDE tournaments either. Also you have to make all your moves in under 1 and a half hours (or whatever), here the quickest you need to move is a day. Basically, if someone is interested in an opening then they are likely to be playing it, and it's possible that they'll have bought a book, banning books would make it im ...[text shortened]... otherwise what you get is computer A playing computer B which isn't really the point...
18 Mar 07
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Originally posted by Ruppster1In fact, even engines are permitted in FIDE sanctioned correspondence chess. Do read the rules at ICCF before parading your ignorance. Effective database use requires the development of aspects of chess skill that are infrequently discussed, but every bit as important as mundane tactical vision.
Would those items be allowed in a FIDE tournament? If not why should they be allowed here?
18 Mar 07
I followed my book in this Game 2277047. By the time I realised it was lost it was too late, there was no salvation.
It wasn't me that lost! None of the moves were mine.
I could give a dozen similar examples were my book lines lost. I avoid those lines now but that is part of the learning process.
Books (and databases) can lead you down the wrong lines just as much as the correct ones.
18 Mar 07
Originally posted by Dragon FirePrecisely what I was talking about.
I followed my book in this Game 2277047. By the time I realised it was lost it was too late, there was no salvation.
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Books (and databases) can lead you down the wrong lines just as much as the correct ones.