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Subject: Re: What is the public's opinion about the result of a match between DB and

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:45:18 04/24/01

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On April 24, 2001 at 12:25:22, Jeroen Noomen wrote:

>On April 24, 2001 at 11:31:28, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>I play Tiger all the time.  It doesn't get +1 against me very often.  I have
>>played Nimzo a bunch as well.  It doesn't get +1 either.  In fact, in the first
>>CCT it got -1.5 against me and lost a tough ending.
>
>Hi Bob,
>
>These games are played against the commercially available books. If you play
>Alex or me in a tournament, it will be different. In the Dutch open last year I
>had 5 out of 11 games with Tiger leaving book with a score above +1. My 'worst'
>score was +0,30.
>
>You cannot compare playing Tiger in the CP GUI or the CB GUI to playing Tiger in
>a tournament.
>
>Jeroen


True.  But you can't compare crafty on ICC with the book _I_ would use in an
important event either.  I'll guarantee you that you won't catch me in any
cute trap if the game is important.  I understand the world of book cooking,
and spent years avoiding it at every ACM event.  It isn't an insurmountable
problem...



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