[tmorton]

> I've had trouble finding it, but years ago, I read the abstract of a study which looked at chess performance, pitting people who had access to some basic chess software against those who didn't. What they found is that the strongest predictor of success was whether a player could utilise the software effectively, rather than pure chess skill.

There was a time when this was true - a grandmaster and a computer was stronger than either alone. But that window closed pretty quickly. Today, even the strongest GMs' best strategy is to follow the computer blindly.