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Subject: Re: Hiarcs 9 Book

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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