Chess player guiding an engine.
Straight engine use could get caught up in horizon effects.
Centaurs play out the moves, go back, readjust lines, and then input others lines and test out things before comiiting to move orders.
They avoid typical engine-use traps.
Thanks. I'll now fade back into the shadows.
e4 is way better than d4
A centaur is someone who uses their chess skills to guide an engine in order augment its play as opposed to a pure engine user who blindly copies the engines moves. A good centaur can typically beat a standalone engine.
Centaurs will crush Fritz.
But really to be a good centaur, you need to be about 2000 to begin with.
Centaurs rated 1200 end up as 2100's here.
My own centauring efforts got me to only 2270 on ICCF. With no engine I was rated 1972! Only 300 +/- points for the engine! This is about average for most weak centaurs.
Strong ones could gain about 300-1,000 rating points.
Ozzie, because Fritz alone on a website is playing mostly other centaurs.
One on one it is a monster. Here it is a pipsqueek.
So am I just lucky that I'm playing mostly humans?
No, it is your badge. It is an intimdating factor, so engine users will shut down against you.
It helps them fly under the radar.
I dont agree with this Richie. My "badge" of NM certainly doesnt stop people using engines against me. I have been beaten by several ( about a dozen so far ) that were later banned for cheating. I think the opposite of you. A weaker player using an engine only some games is more likely to do so in tournaments and against much stronger players and/or titled players. To throw off suspicion they may then lose to much weaker players. I will go through my games archive just to see how many I have played that have been busted for "cheating".
ok guys. i love the discussion, but it's time to move it off the public forums. i've created a group for discussing this stuff here
=> http://www.chess.com/groups/home/cheating-forum
enjoy!