Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: Ups, text this time.

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 09:40:03 11/29/00

Go up one level in this thread


On November 29, 2000 at 00:23:40, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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.  :)

He's talking about turning off the book.

The sub-thread I started about LCT 1 #23 is more to the point.

bruce




This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.