Author: Dana Turnmire
Date: 23:01:47 08/12/03
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On August 12, 2003 at 19:13:01, Frank Nelson wrote: >I am about the FIDE 2275 chess rating at present. I was wondering is it cool to >play gambits against the likes of Hiarcs, Fritz, and ChessTiger. The chess >visionary (late) IM Ken Smith said that gambits is a necessary evil when playing >top echelon chess. But I don't have the fight in me to venture a gambit since I >saw a band of galloping horses so I assume that I was in for a race. >The last time I saw Ken's "Chess Improvement Course" he recommended that you >have a dozen gambits in your shirt-pocket if you know what I mean. Thoughts and >opinions would be appreciated on this topic. > >Frank Nelson, your chessfellow Considering you have a strong master rating can you beat any of the current programs? I often wonder how often strong players combat their favorite program in the privacy of their own homes. Maybe this is why it is so hard to get strong players to play in public. They are so unsuccessful even when no one is watching.
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