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Subject: Re: Frank J. Byrne Memorial Computer Chess Challenge - Game 1 is Over.

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 20:58:51 05/25/02

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>>[Event "Frank J. Byrne Memorial Computer Chess Challenge"]
>>[Site "Philadelphia, PA"]
>>[Date "2002.05.24"]
>>[Round "1"]
>>[White "Chess Tiger v14"]
>>[Black "Crafty v18.15"]
>>[Result "0-1"]
>>
>>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8.
>>Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Nc2 Nb6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Ne3
>>
>
> Wait a moment, this move isn't in the CT's opening book I find in its original
>CD! The only move there is 14.b3.
>
> In 2th edition of ECO, Karpov says that 14.Ne3?! is inferior due to "14...g5
>15.Bf2 d5 16.cd5 ed5 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Nc4 and Black stands slightly better,
>Thorhallson-Comas, Arnhem 1988/89". Exactly like current game! What happens? Is
>Chess Tiger playing with a new opening book?

Very interesting - I double checked the book provided by the Tiger plug in for
Chess Partner - the file name is "ct.tbk" dated 10/05/00.  The Chesspartner book
does't even have this line - it's coming from this  book file provided by Tiger.
 Is there a newer tiger Book ?



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