Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:35:12 06/22/98
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On June 22, 1998 at 19:23:53, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Dear Bob: >In the french magazine La Puce Echiqueene dedicated to chess computers >they talks of a Crafty package called Crafty4d that would bring everything, >openning book, etc. They are right? The address the ive to get it I cannot get. >It existt thios full equiped ready-to-use Crafty? >If so, ¿where? >Fernando > I really don't have a clue. There are so many different things going on, such as crafty on some linux distributions, and so forth, that I have no idea what this might be... >On June 22, 1998 at 18:37:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On June 22, 1998 at 13:38:45, Moritz Berger wrote: >> >>>Extensive reports about the Ordix open are now available on the >>>www.chessbase.com site. I found the following information very interesting: >>> >>>--- >>>We greatly profited from the fast database access of ChessBase 7.0 in this >>>tournament: Five minutes before the begin of the round the pairings were known. >>>In this period of time we used the function "player dossier" to look for >>>weaknesses or dangerously successful lines in the opponents repertoire. The >>>Fritz book was adapted accordingly using the settings Main move and Don't play >>>in tournament. A lot of credit for the success in Frankfurt goes to Alexander >>>Kure from Vienna, who prepared a well adapted book for this tournament. >>>--- >>> >>>So they used direct opening preparation against specific opponents and got >>>themselves one of the best computer opening experts (Alex Kure, well known from >>>his Nimzo opening books). Now I begin to understand the incredible performance >>>... >>> >>>I don't feel that they cheated, they just used their resources in the best >>>possible way. Certainly there will be disagreement from the anti-Fritz camp ... >>> >>>Very likely the new ChessBase 7 player dossier feature will also be relevant in >>>future human events where the participants will be consulting their notebooks >>>between the rounds. >>> >> >>I think this is perfectly legitimate. When I played actively in tournaments, >>I did the same thing, particularly against one well-known expert in our club >>that *hated* tactical gambit openings. That's all he ever got from me. :) >> >>The right opening can make a huge difference. So can the wrong one. :) >> >>Bob >> >>>Moritz
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