Author: G. R. Morton
Date: 12:46:55 01/19/01
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On January 19, 2001 at 14:05:31, Dana Turnmire wrote: Very interesting. The sample is small statistically by not too insignificant. However, the Ruy Lopez has been well known and studied for so long, even before Horowitz's day, that major improvements are not as likely or as frequent as other openings. Try the same experiment with, say, a number of Sicilians, Benoni or semi-slavs and I would be surprised (pleasantly) if the older book does as well. Incidentally, I also have and very much like the useful layout of Horowitz's book. Some GMs should replicate it - probably sell well to submasters and there are a LOT of them. > 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it was outdated and practically ANY opening manual was outdated in a short 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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