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Subject: Re: CCT5 "award" nominees?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 11:24:58 01/20/03

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On January 20, 2003 at 12:31:26, Arturo Ochoa wrote:

>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? ..........

Relax.

Another poster explained me that it is a novelty but not a theoretical novelty
and in this case the name the worst theoretical novelty is also not justified.

It was only a question of definition and I was not 100% sure if I am right and
this is the reason that I started my post with if.



>
>>
>>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.

The first poster who called it the worst theoretical novelty suggested that it
is a bug so saying that it was a bug is  relevant to the discussion but not
relevant to the claim that you made that it is not a novelty.

I will stop to discuss this subject because I do not find it as important.

Uri



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