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Subject: Re: To build a book or not?

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 03:06:20 07/16/02

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On July 16, 2002 at 05:55:37, Uri Blass wrote:

>I suspect that having a special book against the commercial programs with the
>white pieces that includes lines like 1.c3 could be better because you can get
>equallity out of book and avoid prepared traps.
>
>1.c3 is only one example and there are a lot of possible moves that you can
>start with white and the opponents cannot know what you prepared to prepare
>killing lines.
>
>The commercial programs may have a reply to 1.c3 in book but if you prepare
>manually some lines after 1.c3 you can be practically sure that you can throw
>them out of book with equallity.

I'm not convinced this is as easy. Kure actually has a lot of moves
in book after c3.

And even then, you're only going to get equality with white, and a
disadvantage with black. You're already at a disadvantage compared
to someone using a book. And you can't steer what you get as well.

--
GCP



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