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Subject: Re: Fritz is a GM

Author: Shaun Graham

Date: 16:55:17 07/14/98

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>Okay, say Jeff is a good player, *except* that he allows Scholar's mate to occur
>50% of the time when playing Black (1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Qh5 Nf6 4. Qxf7#).
>Future opponents will note this unfortunate tendency of Jeff's by examining
>prior games of Jeff, and when they play Jeff, they will give this move order a
>shot, it has a good chance to work every time.

First of all there is a trickle down period before the games are incorporated
into databases that they might be examined.  Further no one said that you would
use the same person to play for fritz in the tourneys(remember again this is
swiss system),  Indeed to make the experiment as absolutly valid as possible you
would use different people for the tournaments so no one would ever know it's
john and he plays X.  This isn't an insult but you apparently have no knowledge
of correct scientific investigative technique either.
>
>It doesn't matter that opponents of Jeff wouldn't try for a Scholar's mate
>against any grandmaster, it becomes 'standard play' against Jeff because it is
>successful.
>

Not even applicable




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