Author: Chessfun
Date: 21:49:15 10/14/03
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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. > >Djordje I just want to simply say thanks for providing the basic starting point of one of the best threads for a long time. Haven't had such a good belly laugh in ages. This post is priceless. Only comment I would add to those I've already enjoyed so much is, against this Diep book 1. Nh3 what benefit can you see for anyone. "(perhaps those who are interested in the new Ruffian book might benefit from scrutinising the lines played by Ruffe?)." Does this indicate that you didn't look at the games and moves played prior to posting the results?, I know there was also the time losses issue, so it would seem so. I am actually still trying to figure out why you posted the first post. Was it to say I have a version of "Ruffe" that nobody else has? or I have a version of Diep that nobody has?. Or maybe I'm the author of Ruffian's new book?. As I see nothing of any value in what was presented other than a good laugh !! Sarah.
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