Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 13:30:03 01/19/01
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Hello, Get NCO 99 or NCO 2000 and you'll completely fry nearly every line in MCO 14. I don't see the connection between refutations in NCO of old lines and using CM8000 without using that book. On January 19, 2001 at 14:05:31, Dana Turnmire wrote: > 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it was outdated and practically ANY opening manual was outdated in a short 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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