Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 08:42:45 10/13/03
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On October 13, 2003 at 11:23:30, Sune Fischer wrote: > >How much did he pay you to say that? Not a denarius so far, but he will... surely :-) >>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. >That all sounds very strange to me, Vincent has on more than one occasion made >it clear that he doesn't believe in diviating early just to take the opponent >out of book. > >-S. If he said that then his words and his deeds do not go hand in hand, at least regarding the Diep book... He definitely tried to deviate from the beaten opening paths by all of these: 1.g1h3, 1.d2d3, 1.g2g4... The English 1.c2c4 is the only orthodox line in the Diep book. Rgds. Djordje
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