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There is a very good article on exactly this topic (US players, not programmers) by Joel Benjamin on the USCF site. http://main.uschess.org/content/view/6740/341/ Summary: There are not so many good paying jobs for chess players and with the influx of players from the former USSR the competition tur...

How about this method of preparing opening books for human vs computer matches? (in an effort to give the human a fighting chance.) The computer can only use opening variations it has analyzed and given its own evaluation to. I.e. the operators can't just pick the opening lines and force them to be ...

As I understand it the clubs in Europe take the play much more seriously than clubs in the US. In the sense that they play league matches etc. This issue of using computers will only get worse because many people do not care about chess as a fun and challenging game. I do not play chess on-line for ...

I could try that. I think I still have an old ChessMaster installed. I have seen discussion that the only way top GMs are going to be able to play the top chess programs are by getting odds, like a pawn or something. It used to be much more common that it is today. Position setup would allow leaving...

I understand the idea of competition between the various teams writing chess programs. But for a human wanting a program to play against the main value is how well it simulates human play at beatable levels. Hiarcs does this very well. Fritz plays like a 2800 GM with a ridiculous blunder thrown in n...

Before anyone asks, yes I do have the registered version. :) It does this same thing on my Treo 650. It will take some time when set at the higher levels, but just doesn't need it at the lower ones. I can't really complain about it playing so well that fast. No human can play so fast and it is kind ...

The instant sparring levels do not have Elo ratings but they have names like beginner to advanced. They range from a little more than knowing how the pieces move to around 1200. After that you go the the 1350 and up. And keep in mind that on the 1350 - Unlimited is makes a big difference how much ti...