Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:53:45 05/30/00
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On May 30, 2000 at 15:31:16, Albert Silver wrote: >On May 30, 2000 at 13:49:25, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>Go right ahead. >> >>Every chess opening might be refuted one day. Every refutation might have >>another refutation answer discovered. Maybe the optimal opening is 1. f4 (for >>all we really know). >> >>There is no such thing as a proof of correctness unless it leads to irrefutable >>checkmate. You won't be able to accomplish this for the Halloween attack. >>Therefore, it is only one of the quintillions of possibly viable openings. > >As far as I'm concerned, an opening is correct if it doesn't lead to a forced >disadvantage (a forced loss may be a little deep to prove for the moment). I >looked at it and Noomen's (and Euwe's) suggested line, and it looks quite >decisive: White is dead lost. > > Albert Silver This opening is just like another famous line where white plays e4, then Bc4, then Qf3 and finally Qxf7. You _hope_ black doesn't notice the queen hitting on f7. In the Halloween you hope your opponent makes a mistake. It is a very feeble hope, but if you prepare well, you will earn your fair share of points as it is technically difficult to defend in places without some thought.
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