Author: Jeroen Noomen
Date: 11:23:30 08/23/01
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On August 23, 2001 at 11:02:33, Robert Hyatt wrote: Hi Bob, I can confirm this. IMO Michel did a great job for Crafty. Preparing and changing the book even in the middle of the night, after 8-10 hours of playing time. His lines turned out to work well, see f.e. the game vs. Junior where Crafty was clearly winning. I really think you should have Michel in next important tourneys! He also is a nice guy :-). BTW, congrats on a great tournament. I think Crafty really showed its teeth and played a strong tournament. Jeroen >I agree. In fact, even had this been a "dead lost" line, Michel has >done an outstanding job in adjusting the book round by round, and is >certainly responsible for more wins than losses with his changes. He >was afraid (justifiably so) of Alex preparing something for the d4/Nf3/Bf4 >line he had been playing with reasonable success. This is a part of the >events (the book tweaking between rounds). He has done exceptionally well >in that regard. In fact, he reminds me of me many years ago. We used to >burn the lamp all night long preparing for the next round (gower and myself) >just like Michel did. > >When someone volunteers to operate crafty at these events, I basically give >them "full latitude" in how they carry out the match preparations. They >handle the book changes, etc, totally. They are free to contact me to ask >about specific preparations if they want, but it is not a requirement I give >them. Too many distractions. Too many chances to not be able to reach me at >a critical moment. If they are prepared to "go it alone" then it eases the >mental stress significantly. > >I hope he has enjoyed himself. I've talked to him on the phone several times, >and he has sounded tired at times. I know the feeling. :) > > > > >> >> >>>Hahahaha! >>> >>>For those who missed it, see the thread below: >>> >>>>On August 20, 2001 at 21:49:33, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>>One thing I can guarantee you, you will _not_ see a dead lost sicilian >>>>>opening by crafty. Absolutely 0.000000000 chance of that happening again. >>>>> >>>>>:) >>>> >>>>Think so? There are several things that can go wrong. >>>> >>>>a) bug in book code >>>>b) operator error >>>>c) late transposition >>>> >>>>Murphy will someday come and hunt you, Bob. >>>> >>>>-- >>>>GCP >>> >>> >>>I can guarantee you that there is no bug that is going to cause it to play >>>1. e4 as white. :) And should black try something cute like 1. d4 c5, we >>>aren't going to try to transpose with Nf3 or anything like that either. :) >>> >>>No chance. Our book isn't ridiculously wide, but at least we are going to >>>avoid the known bashes from London. One day it will play those lines just >>>fine, when I have time to tune it better. For the present, we go by the >>>philosophy "if you can't get it off your shoe, don't step in it." >>> >>>:) >>> >>>-- >>>GCP
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