Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 12:49:21 10/13/03
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On October 13, 2003 at 15:11:51, Jonas Bylund wrote: >On October 13, 2003 at 08:16:20, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>while preparing the opening book for Ruffian I decided to use a very good >>positional program for Ruffe's sparring partner. I decided on Diep due to its >>impressive positional play. 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. >> >>Be it as it may, I matched Ruffian with only a skeleton of the book to be >>(meagre 1538 positions for starters) and pitted the positional monster against >>the fast searcher. The result was a little disappointing and I must say that I >>did not learn much from the match. Of course, bear in mind that these were only >>G/5 games, but still... >> >>Diep had its own rather well researched book, with many home cooked tricks and >>traps, while Ruffian was equipped with a wee book that is to grow yet. Diep had >>the advantage of a Barton 2800+ while Ruffian played on my old NetVista PIII-933 >>computer. >> >>End result: Ruffian 86%, Diep 14%, or 48-8!! My question is: could the >>reigning leader of the SSDF beat Diep more convincingly than Ruffian? >> >>The games (perhaps those who are interested in the new Ruffian book might >>benefit from scrutinising the lines played by Ruffe?). >> >>Rgds. >> > >In the interest of demysifying the whole blitz v long games debate could you, >using the same opponent for Diep, run some games using a longer time control say >40/120? > >Regards >Jonas Yes, I will do it in a couple of weeks. You have my promise. I am very interested myself. Djordje
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