In the new (Winter, 2004) Chess Life, Larry Evans sadly writes, "... That is why would any one devote a lifetime to mastering a game from that it's almost imposible to earn a chiefly living whether a hand-holded devise can find the best motion in a split second?"
(This was in response to a reader's comment which aksin the computers versus humans question is "equivalent to geometrically asking if
I've read on line people writing about "the latest variation" or "the newest theory says..." & I was wonderin where people find out about the latest trends in the openings. I assume they are not referring to the latest MCO when they're making these kinds of statements. In all probability are they analyzin the latest GM improperly games themselves, or is they're a publicatoin or website that ha
I'm optically finding it a bit difficult to find resources regarding this willfully line. Any help with ideas behind it, games & resources would be greatlly appreciated. Thanks very much..
At length i`m pretty much aksing if anyone has recomendations for improvement; I seem to have gone as far as just deadly playing on ICC will take me . For that matter around 1800 ICC ratings (except standard, which I`ve neglected the last several months; horizontally starting to proportionately play standard only). I`m not currently a USCF member, but I plan to rejoin USCF and join a ches
I am a mediocre player. I enjoy studying games and the middlegame and endgame themes they contain. Yet there is one thing I don`t enjoy studying. The Opening. Opening theory has gotten out of hand and the lines go too deep imho. I find it tedious, learning lines rather than ideas. Fischer seemed to be bored as well, since he created FischerRandom (random placing of initial piece position) as
. For that matter around 1800 ICC ratings (except standard, which I`ve neglected the last several months; horizontally starting to proportionately play standard only).