Egy erdekes velemeny a levelezesi sakkrol:
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Everyone (or just about everyone) is using machines to guide their play, and it’s come down to one guy’s computer vs. another guy’s computer. There are people with 1200 over-the-board ratings who tango into the “postal lover’s chat-room” (is there such a thing?) with ratings in the 2400 range, or even higher! These people have created an ego based on their machine’s performance, and many actually believe they are the ones coming up with the moves. It’s a fascinating walk down the streets of Delusionville, and this town has quite a few citizens.
For those that don’t wish to use chess engines, is it really fun to battle an all-seeing machine? I recently had a lesson with a guy that plays correspondence chess, and as we went over the game I pointed the horrible opening play of his opponent. Then, suddenly, the opponent’s engine was obviously switched on and he went from around 1,000 strength to 2600. Lovely. Just lovely.
I know most sites try to discourage engine use in e-mail chess. But it’s a thankless task to police all the games. In most international events, engines are allowed, and why not? You can’t stop their use, so why not simply go with the tech flow? A friend of mine, a long-time postal/e-mail master (he also has an over-the-board master rating), recently quit correspondence, telling me, “I grew tired of the ‘my computer vs. his computer’ battles. Time to go back to over-the-board play where I can clearly see that my opponent is flesh and blood!”
Mindenesetre en ebben is benne vagyok, ha mindenki megigeri hogy nem hasznal enginet.
De akkor a legegyszerubb ha osszegyujtjuk a resztvevoket mindenki regel mondjuk a redhotpawnra, es mindenki jatszik mindenkivel ket jatszmat.
6 resztvevovel ez ugye 12 jatszma fejenkent.
Azt meg eldontjuk, hogy parhuzamosan menjenek-e ezek elso korben.
(Igy a szinekre sem kell figyelni)
A befejezett jatszmakat esetleg sajat kommentarral meg varjuk ide.
