Author: Dana Turnmire
Date: 11:05:31 01/19/01
I used to play in a few tournaments though not active now and always used I.A. Horowitz's book "Chess Openings Theory & Practice" as my "opening bible" when preparing for tournaments (I'm just a club player). I was contantly told that it was outdated and practically ANY opening manual was outdated in a short period of time because opening theory was constantly changing. I recently went out and bought a copy of MCO 14 to test it side by side with my old standby. I have CM 8000 on an AMD k6-2/500 64 RAM. I took ten opening variations from the Ruy Lopez section in both books and used only the variations in which White had a "clear advantage" (a plus sign over one minus sign). I then let CM 8000 play out the game. RESULTS: In Chess openings Theory and Practice White had 7 wins 2 draws and 1 loss. MCO 14 had 5 wins 3 draws and 2 losses. Is a strong master today any more capable of analyzing an opening position any better than a strong master 37 years ago? It doesn't seem to be the case. I always liked the layout of "Chess Openings Theory and Practice" better than the modern counterparts. Is there any possibility it can be updated with algebraic notation in the future? Would anyone like to try this challenge with NCO, ECO or any other highly regarded openings manual?
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