Author: Jeroen van Dorp
Date: 14:07:25 09/22/00
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On September 22, 2000 at 16:32:46, Terry Ripple wrote: > I want to purchase a good database of games to be able to see percentages of >wins and loses of paticular opening lines to give me some idea of which lines >would give me a better chance against my opponent. I'am an above average player >and have a good understanding of some pet opening lines, but if possible i want >to improve my position going into the middle game! Steve Lopez covers this subject with the support of ChessBase products and databases quite extensively in his T-Notes. Browse the archive at http://www.chessbaseusa.com/T-NOTES/etn.htm However using stats can be tricky. In the Yahoo! Chess Kamikazes club (gambits and other fools) also founded by Steve http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/chesskamikazes (okay, enough plugging there, Flee) we had a discussion over a move in the Wolga-Benkö gambit. Stats showed me that move A was mostly played and won with, yet these were facts of the last 100 years. One of the participants shwed me the very recent refutation which rendered those statistics useless without proper thinking and shifting. It should have been move B. My opponent knew, beat me nearly - and left me wondering why. A good database can give you a very quick and thorough insight in opening plans and tactics, (e.g. by replaying those games in a high tempo you'll get a lot of information) yet it shouldn't be the gospel truth in opening theory. Better check *today's* grandmasters for that. For the time being. :) I own Big Database 2000 (you'll probably need CB as well) and am very satisfied. I can't give you an opinion on another database program like CA, which should also work perfect for that, or a proggie like bookup for opening training. Jeroen ;-} http://zip.to/jeroen
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