tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681850489432318981.post3026605068915862209..comments2023-03-23T11:12:13.191-07:00Comments on US Chess League News: Game of the Year -- 15th PlaceArun Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17502944059031864655noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681850489432318981.post-30479710371424088342010-12-27T10:53:25.141-08:002010-12-27T10:53:25.141-08:00This strategy only works in positions that are unu...This strategy only works in positions that are unusually heavy on calculation, and even then it often fails. Just look at some of the most devastating white victories in the Bc4/Ne2 Gruenfeld were black takes the exchange on a1; the computer often has no clue what is going on and then randomly says that white is winning after a human introduces a sickening sacrifice. Not to mention in quieter or more closed positions the computer can be useless, just see how well it plays the Ruy Lopez for white...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681850489432318981.post-45405928578425242472010-12-26T13:11:40.812-08:002010-12-26T13:11:40.812-08:00yah, it's when you have to start wondering whe...yah, it's when you have to start wondering whether chess is really complex enough. Time to go to 'Go'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681850489432318981.post-27693634607838404802010-12-26T12:11:06.546-08:002010-12-26T12:11:06.546-08:00Is that how opening books are created by having GM...Is that how opening books are created by having GMs like Erenburg and Gustafsson sitting home hitting the spacebah every 60 seconds ? That's friggin sadMark Dolecettinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681850489432318981.post-14707657804779990922010-12-26T06:01:13.944-08:002010-12-26T06:01:13.944-08:00yes, people read magazines for understanding. But ...yes, people read magazines for understanding. But hitting the spacebar method is like conducting scientific experiments, which only human reasoning can make sense of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681850489432318981.post-45700542101828647982010-12-26T05:34:41.699-08:002010-12-26T05:34:41.699-08:00Well if you use a computer and use 60 seconds per ...Well if you use a computer and use 60 seconds per move, usually computer will understand everything by then. Now if you use 2 seconds then computer can be misleading sometimes. I think Gustafsson's idea was for maybe 95%of situation, there is maybe 5 or 10% positions computer doesn't understand as well, but in all dynamic or tactical positions, computer is a true guidor, especially if you give it time.Alex Lendermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681850489432318981.post-74072053598293726552010-12-25T23:32:18.879-08:002010-12-25T23:32:18.879-08:00Gustafson, if the space-bar method you recommend w...Gustafson, if the space-bar method you recommend was so simple,no one would read or write in Chess magazines. Every lousy patzer would just hit space bar and arrive at the truth in 60 seconds, unfortunately it takes a little more to asses and really analyze a position.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681850489432318981.post-66250365547578969822010-12-25T15:02:36.234-08:002010-12-25T15:02:36.234-08:00Krasik's bluntness may have cost him a higher ...Krasik's bluntness may have cost him a higher spot in the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com