Author: Brian Kostick
Date: 17:36:13 04/03/01
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On April 03, 2001 at 18:56:54, John Merlino wrote: >On April 03, 2001 at 16:55:43, Brian Kostick wrote: > >> No, no time to throw in the towel. Some that know me don't like that I fight >>on even when in lost position. I'm not always a jerk, but sometimes I do want >>the game to end by checkmate or so clearly as I can see the end. No time for was >>it brain game #14 retrospect? >> >> If you happen to read maybe you can answer this question: MCO-14 is a reading >>book? Perhaps I will purchase as study material. >> >> I will comment on two factors I didn't like about the move/voting list. One is >>the implied best to worst stacking order. Some just vote for the first move on a >>list of this type. Next I don't like the public viewing of the vote, BEFORE they >>enter thier own vote. This has influence by public opinion. >> >> On to todays thinking/evaluation... Regards, Brian K. > >MCO-14 means "Modern Chess Openings, 14th Edition". This is the most recent >edition, released two years ago, and it is by GM Nick DeFirmian. I wouldn't >exactly call it a "reading book", but rather a reference with annotations. > >As for the voting list, I don't like the new format either. But, at least I was >able to talk them out of putting the current vote total in the list, so the >people who DON'T know that the list is sorted can still vote their conscience. > >jm John, I don't know that the list was sorted, but apparently some thought so? Due to the inverted cone shape of the voting I would say that the list wasn't random. Thanks for your efforts to delay the viewing of the current vote. Until now I wasn't aware that you had worked on this. Thanks for the info on MCO-14. I think I did once see it with a couple of other opening books, one of them the Nunn opening work. Right now my openings are limited/short as I study tactics and endgame quite heavily, but I keep in mind good reference material. Also, I was fishing for a term to describe an ink/paper book, rather than a computer opening book so I used the phrase "reading book". I'm sure we have understanding on this issue. If you or someone else happens to read, maybe there is a comment on ChessBrain and the information or engine behind it? I am not familar with it, or where it's suggestions come from. Thank you, Brian K.
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