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Subject: Re: Crafty 18.12 v Fritz 7a Fritz's wacky openings again.

Author: Jonas Cohonas

Date: 23:39:26 12/19/01

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On December 19, 2001 at 18:45:25, Peter Berger wrote:

>On December 19, 2001 at 18:25:49, Louis Fagliano wrote:
>
>>Just what is with the fritz7 opening book??  In game three doesn't 1. e4 e5 2.
>>Nf3 f6? lose by force to 3. Nxe5! right?
>>
>>And in game four there's 1. d4 d5 2. f3?!
>>
>>But the main thing is the former, namely Damaino's Defense, named after him not
>>because he ever played it in a serious game but because he published a treatise
>>showing that it loses by force.  And this was centuries ago!
>>
>>Some it seriously wrong with Fritz's new opening book, no doubt about it.
>
>All of this isn't part of Fritz' new opening book . This is probably some kind
>of personal opening book used for unknown reasons in this match.
>
>The new Fritz book by Alex Kure seems to be very good - as usual.

I can assure you that i was using the kure Fritz7.ctg book, but as i can
understand from other posts, it behaves starnge under other GUI's and seems to
be the reason for these openings.
I would NEVER say that i was using one book and then use some homecooked one.

Regards
Jonas



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