The 2700 Spectator...

Okay by now this topic has probably been beaten to death by other blogs but it still seems there is a relevant twist left to take from it. The 2700 spectator by which I mean your club player rated 50-2200 staring at Rybka as he watches Supertournaments like Corus, Linares and soforth comment about how clearly this player is dumb or that player is dumb cause they missed a winning line! Or my favorite is they will shout a single half move that WINS ON THE SPOT!!! Without any analysis to back it up because they do not understand the move themselves.

My twist on this topic might have more to do with the fact these players are only fooling themselves for anyone can look at the computer and see the same lines to why spam them to all in the kibitz window when most people have the same program running next to them? My take is more that humans are Falliable creatures but these spectators prove we're sheep to be led by anything that claims to have the answers. Over the years, wacky conspiracy theories and dictators have sold their spiel because they've been able to convince the masses they knew all. Computers don't know all i'm afraid. They never will even if they manage to solve chess as they once did checkers. You will still have to think for yourself. So the answer is to start thinking for yourself now. The computer should be a tool towards improving your thinking not a method for replacing your thinking entirely. Mistakes are part of improving so if you watch these top GMs play and go huh I don't get it.... good you shouldn't get it 100% of the time or you'd be a top GM too! You will learn as your wheels grind trying to figure out the idea. the plan. the continuation. Only have the wheels have turned a little bit should you feel free to look at the computer analysis now having hypothesized for yourself what is already going on. And please... even then keep the spam Rybka lines to yourself.