Author: Uri Blass
Date: 06:22:54 12/17/02
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On December 17, 2002 at 08:32:20, Bob Durrett wrote: >On December 16, 2002 at 17:49:08, John Sidles wrote: > ><snip> > >>> So on the average you can say 2800 or a bit more, >>> but it matters what you get. If you get a position >>> like what I had in game five then no human can fight it. >>> But if you get what I had in game two then you have >>> a chance. It very much depends on the opening stage. > ><snip> > >I believe Kramnik was being honest when he said, in effect, that the opening >book is very very important. > >Perhaps the entire chess programming community has UNDERESTIMATED the importance >of opening books ??? [in games vs the top GMs] > >Bob D. I do not believe it. Not the opening book won the match but kramnik lost the match by doing stupid blunders. Uri
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