Author: Harald Faber
Date: 05:25:20 07/20/99
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On July 20, 1999 at 07:44:20, Shep wrote: >On July 20, 1999 at 06:48:32, Harald Faber wrote: > > >>You find such quick shots very often. Authors analyze openings and opening lines >>up to a certain point with their final evaluation, let's say position is equal. >>What is missing is the WHY and which ideas black and white should follow. Even >>more dangerous is the "black/white has compensation for the material". I am sure >>there are several examples where this eval is strictly wrong, may it be that one >>of us finds the refusing line or a program does. >>This makes me think that many authors do an easy job and stay on the surface >>instead of getting deeper into the resulting position. Looking at the next 2-5 >>moves may show some problems. > >You find this in every research area, even in so-called "serious sciences". > >You wouldn't believe how many advanced math books (some by authors with a >worldwide reputation) contain proofs where essential parts run along the lines >of "it is not hard to show that..." or "one quickly verifies that..." or even >"obviously..." (!), but it turns out the assertions were either very hard to >prove (several pages of calculations and arguments, several hours up to a week >even for a skilled mathematician) or even complete nonsense! > >So it is not surprising that chess analysis suffers the same problems sometimes. >;-( > >Shep Yes, it is sad, especially because we patzers and beginners tend to trust the specialists. The final advice by me in this issue is: Believe it but check it ((C) Kasparov) So the best way to build a sound opening book is very hard and time spending: Do it manually with a chess program running in the background. It is MUCH work but it will prevent you from losing from a stupid opening line, played by GMs or taken over from opening "theory". They still exist in opening books built from GM games. Of course book learning also exists but you have to lose at least one game before book learning avoids such lines...
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