Author: Jeroen Noomen
Date: 11:40:50 12/26/97
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On December 26, 1997 at 13:26:09, Don Dailey wrote: > >I also find this quite distasteful. I think it's becoming a war that >they feel they have to fight just to stay on even ground. As the openingbook maker of Rebel I can only say that I would be delighted when we would turn back to normal theory and let the programs find out what happens. More and more I am detecting anti-computer lines that have nothing to do with playing strength. The only point is to cook the opponent, leading to a reaction from that opponent etc. Personally I don't like this development at all. The programs are strong enough to deal with various openinglines, so let THEM play and not the opening experts. > >It seems to me that the large variety style of book has some advantages >and also (maybe) some drawbacks. First of all, it doesn't prevent >book cooking, but I believe it will require significantly more effort >on the part of the book "cooker." But eventually the cooker will >traverse every book end node and will have decided where to vary. Correct. But don't we all agree that this should come to an end? I fear that in a few years the main part of work of the openingbook expert is to detect 'cooks' and to repair those lines. I find this disgusting and this has NOTHING to do with opening theory, playing strength or whatever. Best regards, Jeroen Noomen
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