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Thanks ... didn't listen to that interview. Also, I'm not a chess person, so everything is AFAICT. But ... 1) Magnus is one of the greatest ever, so he doesn

by maegul 4y ago

Thanks ... didn't listen to that interview. Also, I'm not a chess person, so everything is AFAICT. But ... 1) Magnus is one of the greatest ever, so he doesn't count as an example; 2) From excerpt, his *team* does use engines, and he *uses his team*. So his use of engines is one degree removed compared to others, which hardly matters, especially given point 1 above.

bombcar 4y ago
Yeah, I thing Magnus is saying he doesn’t practice by playing the computer because it doesn’t help; but his team can use the computer to try to find human situations for him to look at. And it makes sense - if he’s the best he really doesn’t have someone better to play against to “learn” so finding plausible situations could be useful. I wonder if that’s one of the things - he felt like he was playing a computer.