Author: Graham Banks
Date: 20:02:36 12/22/05
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On December 22, 2005 at 22:54:42, Harry Schnapp wrote: >On December 22, 2005 at 21:11:01, Graham Banks wrote: > >>Before you look at my brief assesment of each position, please be aware that I'm >>not being critical of Harry here. >>Every book, professional or amateur, has some dubious lines. >> > Shredder 9 gives FOR EACH LINE under +-1 !!!. > NOT ONE EXAMPLE is proper for imbalance!!!. > It's computerchess eng-eng not always Anand vs.Kramnik or > Leko vs. Adams. > More does not give to commentate it. > > Harry. Hi Harry, you're the expert in making books, not me, but I think you should aim for an evaluation for both sides of less than 0.50 Please don't take my comments as a personal criticism as I know how much hard work you put into your books. Regards, Graham. >> >>>>>>[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 * >> >>Definitely dubious. >>I've had one game go down this line: Fruit 2.2 v Ktulu 7.5 (1-0) >> >> >>>>>> >>>>>>[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 * >> >>Not too bad. I could live with this one. >> >> >>>>>> >>>>>>[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 * >> >>Another dubious position. >>Two games I've had: >>Fruit 2.2 v CM10th Warrior (1-0) >>CM10th Warrior v Ktulu 7.5 (draw) >> >> >>>>>> >>>>>>[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 * >> >>The resulting position is fairly equal, so probably okay. >>One game: Ktulu 7.5 v Fruit 2.2 (1-0) >> >> >>>>>> >>>>>>[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 * >> >>Nothing wrong with the position that arises in my opinion. >> >> >>>>>> >>>>>>[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 * >> >>I'm okay with this one too. >> >> >>>>>> >>>>>>[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 * >> >>Another dubious one. >>One game: Shredder 9 v Ktulu 7.5 (1-0) >> >> >>>>>> >>>>>>[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 * >> >> >>I'm okay with this position.
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