I can back this up a bit. I created a strong Chess engine variant and had it visually show what the computer was considering as moves with strengths as color strength. It would even show what it considered your best counter-moves.
Even with all that thinking output on the screen, the computer would still soundly beat myself and another (intermediate) player.
Here are some screenshots to illustrate what I'm talking about:
Even with all that thinking output on the screen, the computer would still soundly beat myself and another (intermediate) player.
Here are some screenshots to illustrate what I'm talking about:
http://fifthsigma.com/CoolStuff/DecachessThinking/