Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 09:40:03 11/29/00
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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
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