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Subject: Re: CM5555's Brilliant Theoretical Novelty in the Scotch!!

Author: Ernst Walet

Date: 06:15:32 11/07/98

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On November 06, 1998 at 11:33:00, Howard Exner wrote:

>
>Bh3 did not lead to a quick knockout but does have that startling effect
>if played against a human. In the long run a move like Qg6 may be as good
>or better than the dramatic Bh3. It reminds me of Karpov's old quote which ran
>something like, "many roads lead to Rome. If there is a sharp combinational path
>or a quieter positional path I will choose the quieter road". That is not the
>exact quote but the meaning is close to what Karpov was saying.
>

While analyzing for half an hour, both Rebel10 and Crafty 16.0, both believed to
be tuned against humans, prefer Qg6, and one move later Bh3.  Rebel10 (on my
K6/200) after 34s on ply 8, while preferring Qg4 before, and Crafty 16.0 after
6m30s at ply 10, preferring Bh3 before from ply 8 and 30s.

Is it really such a novelty, or are both moves Bh3 and Qg6 about the same
strenght? (as I believe so far)

Ernst-Jan



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