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30 Oct 22
@very-rusty saidI think a chess engine could be used to find dodgy moves just as easily as good ones.
Trev a thumbs up for being funny! 🙂
It would be hard to prove that one against the gooster!!! 🙂
-VR
30 Oct 22
@kevin-eleven saidI don't even have a chess engine on my computer. I think I'd be too tempted to use it to be honest.
I think a chess engine could be used to find dodgy moves just as easily as good ones.
-VR
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30 Oct 22
@very-rusty saidI haven't been tempted to use a chess engine. I'd rather lose on my own merits than do that.
I don't even have a chess engine on my computer. I think I'd be too tempted to use it to be honest.
-VR
However, I do sometimes consult an "opening explorer" to check the stats for various move options during the first two or three moves. I think that is within bounds for correspondence-style chess.
30 Oct 22
@kevin-eleven saidIf you don't have one on your computer, you will not use it for sure! 🙂
I haven't been tempted to use a chess engine. I'd rather lose on my own merits than do that.
However, I do sometimes consult an "opening explorer" to check the stats for various move options during the first two or three moves. I think that is within bounds for correspondence-style chess.
-VR
@kevin-eleven saidMany players I know have learned from higher rated players.
Meanwhile I have just blundered away my queen on move 3.
So much for using the opening explorer!
Learning by losing.
Playing lines can present problems like transposing into another line. I try to get out of book as soon as I can. I am not going to bet the game that I know the line better than my opponent does.
-VR
