Quote:It still doesn't help if the human component is weak.
I'm not saying you're weak, but my point stands.
Wrong. TN answered about ZackS . So you think of yourself.
Quote:Engines beating other engines is completely and utterly irrelevant to anything I said. The most powerful engine doesn't trump a strong player's insight combined with an engine.
Correct but player didn't need to be strong if he has good hardware + Good Engine + Good analysis method .Example is ZackS and the current freestyle winner Team
Cato The youngerAnson Williams, 27, was the team leader. A veteran centaur player, he is a Telecommuncations Engineer / Software developer, and skilled with computer hardware. He is an unrated OTB chess player. As “Intagrand” he has placed 3rd in the 4th Freestyle tournament, his team consisting of the same cast of characters. Among his interests are bowling and J.S. Bach, which he plays about as well as he Freestyles. A graduate of Imperial College with a Masters degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Anson now lives in London.Winner of 9th freestyle chess.
Yingheng Chen, 24, a graduate of The London School of Economics (LSE). She assisted Anson with analysis during all nine games of the finals. Her interests also include bowling, badminton, cycling and reading. Through much exposure to computer chess (solely because of Anson as his GF) she has picked up some useful analysis skills and was a great asset during the tournament.
Nelson Hernandez, 50,(My Friend ) lives in the United States and did not participate in the games as an active player. However he has collaborated for years in developing the team’s book, and with Anson is a tournament co-strategist. A former paratrooper and stockbroker, he is now a financial analyst. He is also an unrated player, and says he hasn’t played a competitive game of chess OTB in over 20 years. The team name of “Cato” comes from his admiration of the principled Roman Senator who vainly opposed Caesar and finally fell on his sword.
Anson and Yingheng had several computers running during the tournament of varying power. His top-end machine was a quad core Intel QX6700. Beyond that, he considers the specifications of his machines and the functions they performed “classified”.
At different points in the tournament different chess engines were consulted, though not all at the same time. The specific engines that were used are likewise “classified” but any well-informed person could make an educated guess and not be far off the mark.
The team has absolutely no comment other than to say that their book was not a decisive element in any game of the qualifiers or finals, though it surely saved the team from countless traps they might have fallen into against such formidable opponents. It generally served its purpose: to reach the middle-game with an even or slightly better position on the board, giving Anson a chance to work his centaur skills.”
Quote:That analysis technique is hardly special.
Because you don't know how to use it.
Quote:Aside from that, if the strategy element weren't equally important then why would GM Kaufman need to make Rybka play better positionally?
How you think A chess program is written ?
Quote:A chronic weakness is a static weakness.
My diagnosis fits the position and not taking seriously moves a computer spits out that are blatantly ridiculous (13. Nxd5), which you don't even seem to want to defend.
I am not the Only one. Go and Argue who put the Main line aanlysis of the 5...Nd5! Mr Maarten de Zeeuw. Write to NIC.
Genna Sosonko is not a chess fool. And the gist is You were wrong in anlaysisng the position properly.