Author: Charles Worthington
Date: 02:14:41 02/21/03
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On February 21, 2003 at 04:55:54, Charles Worthington wrote: >:-) Also David, If i were to run Fritz with no opening book it would likely hurt chessmaster more than Fritz. First of all with no book Fritz plays "classically" (meaning his opening moves will be focused around control of the center of the board). Since there are a limited number of moves in the opening which can be used to achieve this goal (i.e development of central pawns, then knights, then bishops, castling, etc.) Fritz, even with no book loaded, will most likely stay in known positions for 8 to 12 moves. If fritz does deviate from book, it will be with a "harmless and unpunishable" move like a6 or h6 or something along those lines. When that happens, Chessmaster will also be taken out of "book" and will then be left to defend the remainder of the opening on his own. Try to bear in mind that even a 1.2 Celeron Laptop is more than a match for playstation 2. If we were to deviate from book I think the advantage would favor Fritz more than if we spent 20 moves in book together and came out with an even position for the middle game. The choice is, of course, yours since you are beginning the match with a handicap in cpu speed. Perhaps others here have played such a match before and may have helpful information. Charles
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