Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:23:40 11/28/00
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On November 29, 2000 at 00:19:25, Ed Schröder wrote: >On November 28, 2000 at 20:19:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On November 28, 2000 at 17:16:25, Ed Schröder wrote: >> >>> >>>Rebel from the start position will frequently switch from 1.d4 to >>>1.e4 >>> >>>Does it play 1.e4 or 1.d4 for the wrong reason? >>> >>> >>>Ed >>> >>> >> >> >>I'm not sure why a reasonbly serious conversation turns to nonsense... > > >If you think about the question a bit more deeper it is no nonsense. > > >>but to answer your question: >> >>"almost certainly". > >Why are 1.d4 or 1.e4 played for the wrong reason? > >I expected an opposite answer. > >Ed Easy: They are played because _humans_ have played them in the past. And for no other reason of any kind. Would be funny if we one day find that 1. h4 or 1. g4 is a forced win. :)
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