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chessmaster102

Hey I know computer's have taken over the chess world a bit so you think they can do everything do right so why is it that one of my closet's friend's and biggest rival still asking people for help. My question is What's the difference between human analysis and computer analysis because I know a few player's that have Rybka !!! and still go to people for analysis of their game's. Sorry if I sound like I'm totally against humans. Laughing 

AMcHarg

Rybka 3 Human 1-cpu w32:
   2    00:00             131    134.144     0.00    f7f6
   3    00:00             220    14.080     0.00    f7f6
   3    00:00             662    21.184    +0.09    Be7d6
   4+    00:00             750    24.000    +0.29    Be7d6
   4    00:00           1.169    25.469    +0.26    Be7d6
   4+    00:00           1.445    23.486    +0.49    Be7a3
   4    00:00           1.726    22.372    +0.56    Be7a3
   5    00:00           2.414    19.775    +0.39    Be7a3 Rc1c2
   6    00:00           3.517    20.938    +0.37    Be7a3 Rc1c2 f7f6
   7    00:00           5.125    22.331    +0.25    Be7a3 Rc1c2 f7f6 Ne5c4
   7    00:00           7.889    23.483    +0.41    Be7d6 Rf1e1 f7f6 Ne5f3
   8    00:00          11.952    23.764    +0.28    Be7d6 Rf1e1 f7f6 Ne5f3 Bd6f4
   9    00:01          20.873    23.617    +0.28    Be7d6 Rf1e1 f7f6 Ne5f3 Bb7d5 c3c4
  10    00:03          74.077    21.230    +0.10    Be7d6 Rf1e1 f7f6 Ne5f3 Rd8e8 Qd1c2 g7g6 Bd3e4 Bb7xe4
  10    00:05         118.484    22.870    +0.14    Be7a3 Rc1c2 Ba3d6
  11    00:07         164.842    22.971    +0.14    Be7a3 Rc1c2 Ba3d6 Rf1e1 f7f6 Ne5f3 Rd8e8 g2g3 Ra8c8 Nf3d2
  12    00:14         332.282    23.527    +0.13    Be7a3 Rc1c2 Ba3d6 Rf1e1 f7f6 Ne5f3 Rd8e8 g2g3 Ra8d8 Nf3d2 Bb7d5


If you understand the above and can put it into a meaningful context which will help you improve your game in general then by all means go for it. (but you can't).  The truth is that computers play Chess totally differently from people and so to try to get a computer to help you improve is never going to be the full package.   You don't learn any ideas or strategies from simply seeing piles of calculation, it might be able to tell you that a move is a good move but it can't tell you why except that it will have you in a better position in 15 moves, so what's the point?  You're never going to be able to replicate what makes a computer good so therefore it is pointless as a tool in any strategic respect.

DMX21x1

....and on the seventh day God created Man, and Man created Machine, and Machine created Chess Engines, and when Machine looked upon all that he had made, Machine said, checkmate.