Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 03:51:47 10/06/03
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On October 05, 2003 at 19:41:32, Claude Le Page wrote:
> Hello Kurt!
> Once I made hiarcs9 play against hiarcs8Bareiev , each with their own book
> I fell asleep:it was a semislav GD where nothing happened , and it was drawn
> since i made them (hiarcs9 and its clone) play the most exciting opening ,
>namely Schmidt attack in Traxler variation:
> 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Ng5 Bc5 5 Bxf7 Ke7 6 b4
> against shredder7 , they lost all their games , and between them it was
>exactly like a "gioco pianissimo"
> never any of them launched a king attack ;
>this is so more pityful that they are strong , and it is not easy to beat them
> you know my taste for "brillancy" ; I can't get it ,neither with them , nor
>against them
> the fault is for a great part to an unjustified use of ELO as wrong as that of
> IQ between eg Mozart and Einstein :
> there is an ELO for GD , another for king's gambit, and mix them is to add
>cabbages with potatoes
> I maitain what I said : hiarcs9 is strong but dull
> Friendly Yours
> Claude Le Page
Hi Claude
You have your opinion, I have mine. But I am wondering
which program in your terms is not "dull".
Kurt
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