Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 12:33:53 09/14/03
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On September 14, 2003 at 13:59:52, Peter Berger wrote: >On September 14, 2003 at 13:29:14, Drexel,Michael wrote: > >>On September 14, 2003 at 12:29:53, Peter Berger wrote: >> >>>On September 14, 2003 at 02:55:37, Drexel,Michael wrote: >>> >>>>[Event "?"] >>>>[Site "?"] >>>>[Date "????.??.??"] >>>>[Round "?"] >>>>[White "New Game"] >>>>[Black "Hiarcs 9"] >>>>[Result "*"] >>>>[PlyCount "10"] >>>> >>>>1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 * >>>> >>>>It plays 5...Nc6 out of book. A move with a bad reputation. >>> >>>Maybe this move is not as bad as most people think. There has been an long and >>>interesting analysis in the latest issue of German magazine Kassiber on it, >>>mostly about the supposed refutation 6. e6 - it is not clear if it leads to >>>anything real - if 6.e6 were no big danger 5...Nc6 would make much sense. >> >>I dont read Kaissiber. > >I don't read any other chess magazine :). >> >>I did not state that the line is refuted. I said it has a bad reputation and >>therefore it is not a good choice for a program unless there are some good >>novelties in the book. That is not the case. >> > >No objections. I don't think the Hiarcs book is so bad at all btw(it also _does_ >have some interesting novelties) but IMHO its creator didn't take into account >what the ChessBase booklearner with its "optimal" settings will do to it, say in >SSDF matches. The weird lines will show up much more often than intended IMHO. > >Peter IMO the weird lines should never show up in tournament mode. Michael
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