Author: Chessfun
Date: 20:40:56 03/11/01
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On March 11, 2001 at 23:28:41, Eelco de Groot wrote: >On March 11, 2001 at 23:10:23, John Dahlem wrote: > >>On March 11, 2001 at 20:13:50, Thomas Mayer wrote: >> >>>Hi Eelco, >>> >>>>Does anybody maybe know if the Chess Tiger accounts on ICC are still >>>>encountering 1.h2-h4 openings as Black? >>>today or yesterday I have seen at least one Chess Tiger account that has in its >>>finger notes that it refuses openings like that... And there was mentioned that >>>it refuses to play also many other openings like this... (Reason, also pointed >>>out in finger notes: To maximize score) >> >> >>Are you kidding me? The Chess Tiger accounts dont accept 1.h4 because they >>ALWAYS lose to it. There is no point in accepting a game starting with that >>opening because it is over once it is played. The reason this user doesnt accept >>that opening is to protect himself from cheaters, or at least people taking >>advantage of a weakness in a program to inflate their rating. >> >> > >Well we were trying to find a way around that by making a user book with a few >more moves in it against 1.h2-h4. People could do that easily themselves unless >there is some glitch. > >See messages at http://www.rebel.nl/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000149.html > >I haven't tried this out myself but I thought it might work. I mean 1.h2-h4? But >if it doesn't work I would like to hear about it. If necessary I could try to >put a little Anti-Borg.BK together myself but I have no way of trying it out on >the servers. That's why I would like to see some games if it isn't working yet >as planned. > >Regards, Eelco While creating a user book is simple as is adding lines to that book to combat 1. h4. Making a large size book takes a very long time. It would be much easier if the *.tbk books could be modified or one was supplied that was equal but with extension *.bk so as it could be modified. Sarah.
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