Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 11:43:12 12/22/05
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On December 22, 2005 at 06:03:49, Heinz van Kempen wrote: >Hi Uri, > >the advantage with Harry´s suite is that all lines are handpicked and tested by >Harry Schnapp, who is by the way a very good chess player. They are chosen with >many considerations and not only put togehter more or less randomly. I mean you >can also compose a book by just taking MegaBase or something like that, give >average opposition ELO of 2600 and set some weights. Even I could do this. This >is exactly what Harry does not. He evalutated each single line and tested it to >make sure that there is no big advantage for one side. ROTFL! This suite can only can be called weird. I could name several examples where one side has a big advantage. The 50 Noomen positions are way better. Michael >No quick threefold repetitions after being out of the pregiven line. They mainly >stop at a point where engines have to show to "understand" it. 220 positions >with 8 moves (16 plies), 220 more with seventeen plies to avoid doubles when >used as a book. There will be bigger suites and books I assume, but for this one >I am really considering to use them in a way I did with Nunn positions in former >times. I am watching games for weeks now with this suite and I am really >impressed by the quality of the suite and by Harry´s dedicated work. > >Best Regards >Heinz
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