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Subject: Re: CCT5 "award" nominees?

Author: Arturo Ochoa

Date: 09:31:26 01/20/03

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On January 20, 2003 at 10:29:09, Uri Blass wrote:

>On January 20, 2003 at 10:05:41, Arturo Ochoa wrote:
>
>>
>>>Worst theoretical novelty:
>>>
>>>6...Rb8 in Ruffian-Diep.  Either a bug in Vincent's book building code, or
>>>garbage in the PGN he used to generate it.
>>>
>>[D]rnbqk1r1/pp2ppbp/2p2np1/3p4/2PP4/2N1PN2/PP2BPPP/R1BQK2R w KQq -
>>>
>>>
>>>-Peter
>>
>>Hello:
>>
>>To call it the worst theoritical novelty is a mess.... because it was not a
>>novelty, it was a severe bug...
>
>If we define something that was never played in the past as a novelty then it is
>clearly a novelty by definition.

You define that, we dont define that. You give a definition that you "believe"
(using your usual word) is correct. Such blunder because of a bug in the code is
not novelty.

But who can discuss with you? ..........

>
>The fact that the move is because of a bug does not change it.

So obvious fact doesnt mind to somebody and it is not the topic of the
discussion.







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