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Subject: Re: Diep as a strong sparring opponent (longish)?

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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