Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 15:08:28 12/22/05
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On December 22, 2005 at 15:04:22, Graham Banks wrote: >On December 22, 2005 at 14:43:12, Drexel,Michael wrote: > >>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 > > >Post some examples please. > >Graham. Sure Michael [Event "EventX"] [Site "SiteX"] [Date "2005.10.30"] [Round "?"] [White "PlayerY"] [Black "PlayerX"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B20"] [PlyCount "18"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. f4 d6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. g4 h5 9. gxh5 Rxh5 * [Event "EventX"] [Site "SiteX"] [Date "2005.10.27"] [Round "?"] [White "PlayerX"] [Black "PlayerY"] [Result "*"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Ne8 9. Bd3 * [Event "EventX"] [Site "SiteX"] [Date "2005.10.30"] [Round "?"] [White "PlayerX"] [Black "PlayerY"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B20"] [PlyCount "16"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. c4 d6 3. Ne2 Nc6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nbc3 g6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Ng3 Bg7 8. Be2 h5 * [Event "EventX"] [Site "SiteX"] [Date "2005.10.27"] [Round "?"] [White "PlayerY"] [Black "PlayerX"] [Result "*"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "16"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bg5 Be8 * [Event "EventX"] [Site "SiteX"] [Date "2005.10.30"] [Round "?"] [White "PlayerX"] [Black "PlayerY"] [Result "*"] [ECO "E60"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. Qd2 d5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. cxd5 * [Event "EventX"] [Site "SiteX"] [Date "2005.10.26"] [Round "?"] [White "PlayerX"] [Black "PlayerY"] [Result "*"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "16"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Be2 d6 8. g4 O-O * [Event "EventX"] [Site "SiteX"] [Date "2005.10.27"] [Round "?"] [White "PlayerX"] [Black "PlayerX"] [Result "*"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qc2 Ba5 8. Nf3 Ncb4 9. Qb3 * [Event "EventX"] [Site "SiteX"] [Date "2005.10.30"] [Round "?"] [White "PlayerY"] [Black "PlayerX"] [Result "*"] [ECO "E01"] [PlyCount "18"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O * > > >>>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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