Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:04:41 08/23/01
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On August 23, 2001 at 13:39:54, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On August 23, 2001 at 08:50:22, Jeroen Noomen wrote: > >>On August 23, 2001 at 05:40:53, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>Hey, >> >>Don't make a fool out of Bob, please. Michel Langeveld, who is >>operating Crafty in Maastricht, did some preparations for Quest >>and didn't count on this line. He played 1 Nc3, but somehow it >>became a Sicilian. >> >>Besides, it was certainly not a 'dead lost sicilian' line. > >Okay. I just found it funny to hear Bob state that he was >absolutely certain that it wouldn't get into a sicilian >and then see it go into a sicilian indeed. > >Of course, if the book was changed then that changes things. > >-- >GCP Michel made the decision. It was his to make as we agreed before he went to the event. I think that case turned out just fine. 1. Nc3 was not something I would have played myself, nor would I have chosen it as an opening vs Fritz. Because I don't like positions that have a Nc3 and d4 anywhere in them. But when trying to avoid a very good bookmaker's traps, that wasn't a bad idea since it was unusual...
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