David Richerby wrote:

Indeed, one can learn from GetClub how NOT to play chess.

Right, that's the idea. You play there and learn how NOT to play
chess. Then, when you've learned how not to play chess, you do the
opposite of everything you've learned there and you will know HOW to
play chess. :-)

I'd much rather have Eugene Znosko-Borovski teach me how not to play
chess than Sanny's program.


The problem with Znosko's book is that countless new,
interesting ways not to play chess weren't even invented
back then. For example, 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e4? Ng8!!, first seen
in scholastic games, but never *perfected* until Sanny's
program came along.

Another issue I have is that Znosky did not include any
of my games, in spite of the fact that I have repeatedly
shown original, ingenious ideas on how to lose a game.
This is unforgiveable, but for the fact that his book was
published before I was even born. Just one example:
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ng8 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 h6 5.d5 Nb8 =


All you gloaters will soon be singing a different tune...
Sanny has again incorporated powerful improvements,
and THIS TIME will be different. This time the shoe is
on the other hand. You are all going to eat your words.
Sanny has discovered a weakennes of the JavaScript,
which can be exploited to secretly connect in parallel to
the computers at Cray Research, "borrowing" their
computing time and allowing his new, improved program
to see 73 plys ahead, brute force.
Once you add in the selective search, which will now
reach up to 127 plys, there will be no stopping him.
From now on, stick to beginner level, which deactivates
the Cray supercomputer module and only sees 18 ply
ahead, brute force, in 3.2 seconds.
Sanny is already hard at work trying to "dumb-down"
his new, improved program, but it's not easy. He wants
to add a weaker level for players like you so you don't
have to lose *every* game.

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