Everyone has their own taste and preferences. In my opinion, it's absolutely fine to have your own opinion and even offer appropriate criticism(s)... The posted computer analysis may be too much to some/many that they seem... 'useless'. On the other hand, why can't you just keep an open mind on this issue? There are people who enjoys sharing and discuessing on deep computer analysis here. Look at how much interest it generated on this page with so many individual's responses expressing their interests... Why be a wet blanket here? Nobody's compelling anyone to read them. If you don't like it, just go elsewhere and find a place where you belong, along with others who share your interest. (I think that's one of the most beautiful things in life...:)

Uh - last time I checked, the only way to get better (at anything!) is to study or practice it.

One could dismiss ALL the knowledge found by lower-rated players, if you want to dismiss real discovery simply because it was first found by something other than human intelligence.

To me - this would be the height of ignorance.

Those who say, "All this computer generated analysis is a waste of time," or "one should concentrate on this phase of the game instead of that phase," are only highlighting their own shortcomings. I truly appreciate the work of <RandomVisitor>, <patzer2> ... and any other user who has gone to great lengths to work out a continuation. (Just about ALL of the regular contributors to this site - have done so at one time or another!! From <You Rang> all the way to <Hayton3>. And many others in between!)

Are we to dismiss a post every time it contains analysis? Why do some criticize analysis ... just because it does not meet their own (superficial) guidelines? Perhaps it is the pinnacle of folly to dismiss deep analysis ... simply because we don't care for the party who generated this work!

Good point.

I will not belabor my side of this analytical argument any further - suffice it to say that no one has come close to refuting my last line ... (although a few have tried).

I have taken many college level courses.

I completed most or all of the Law and Criminal Science courses at the University of New Mexico. (I was stationed at Kirtland A.F.B. for almost five years.) It was my plan to get a degree in Criminal Science there, but then I was transferred and never found another school that I liked as much as UNM. (But I have taken other correspondence courses as well. I completed several years worth of courses in less than one year while stationed in Iceland.)

I actually was peaking in a "far-future" type of tense, I did not really expect for computers to make such huge strides of progress so darned quickly. (Of course, this contest would be an excellent example of what I was referring to.)

There is only one such route to Utopia, and it's high time we among the unwashed masses see the light.

<Jilted Rook: .....I've been following the debate and there seems to be a degree of bias on the part of those who have the power to delete posts.>

Not to mention the chief poster, and poseur, on this game.

<While some may enjoy churning through a forest of computer generated analysis i prefer human, positional analysis where positions are discussed evaluations made and concepts discussed with the support of analysis that is within the human search horizon.>

As an experienced master, I can tell you this: you can have access to every book written and program ever designed, but there's no substitute for the combination of knowledge and understanding.