Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 07:37:26 10/13/03
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On October 13, 2003 at 10:15:19, martin fierz wrote: >>Diep also has an interesting and unorthodox opening >>book with lots of lines that are worth analysing. No small wonder, the book's >>creator is a super strong Fide Master, the author of Diep: Vincent Diepeveen. > >1. Nh3? in every single game? this is ridiculous, not interesting or unorthodox >:-) > >perhaps vincent could explain this weird choice? >i haven't looked at the black games seriously, but there the openings seem to be >more normal on the first glance. > >BTW, vincent is an FM, but certainly not a super-strong FM; that implies that >you're close to IM level... > >cheers > martin Well, the book Diep uses is in a binary form taking up 2.7 MB. It is well indexed (the index is 2.1 MB). The reason I said that it was unorthodox is clear: moves for White are 1.Ng1h3 (with an emphatic exclamation mark !, but you also have 1.d2d3, 1.g2g4 and 1.c2c4. Nothing wrong there especially if Diep plays instantly after almost any reply to 1.Ng1h3. It is clear that Diep has well-developed and meticulously thought-out strategical patterns after this strange opening move. Vincent is a stronger player than me, definitely: my highest blitz rating on ICC was 2578, his was 2620... and he is a better blitzer, no two ways about it. Most probably a better player overall. But I am twice his age, so please give me a bit of credit for that and count on me being a bit confused at times when playing blitz. E.G. say that I wish to place my queen on a square while I end up with my bishop there. Not that I mind my Bishop brushing sides with the Queen... Djordje
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