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Subject: Re: 1st Question: How could you know that?

Author: Peter Fendrich

Date: 06:41:57 10/15/03

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On October 14, 2003 at 20:07:37, Arturo Ochoa 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.
>
>1) How could you know that Diep has "an impressive positional play"? How did you
>draw this conclusion?
>
>2) It is interesting to know what book you are refering to because the last
>public Diep Version was in 1995-1996 and this Version was 1.5... As far as I can
>remember, this version had a Dos Gui and I would like to know how you could
>automate the match.
>
>3) If you did not use this old Diep Version and you are refering later to a
>newer version here: http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?320878,
>"That was the stock book that came with Diep, ver. 2.*..."
>
>How did you get this newer version, because it was one of the last Winboard Diep
>Versions in 2001? Did you paid for a Diep License to get this version? Or you
>were a Beta Tester for that time (2001), since I have been the Author of the
>Diep Book for 2 years, I cannot remember that Diep has mentioned you as a Beta
>Tester neither lately. So, I am still wondered how you can refer to a Diep 2.X
>Version.
>
>I paid for my first Diep Winboard Version but I cannot remember that Vincent has
>mentioned you as a Diep Formal User.
>
>4) If you have this book, I can only remember an old book of eccentric openings
>in 2001 that I created for Vincent only for fun so how you got this book?
>
>5) If you concluded that the book was fulfull of irregular openings, why didnt
>you request a better opening book to Vincent Diepeveen and now you post this
>doubtful Match?
>
>6) A correction: I have been the Diep“s Book Creator for 2 years and Vincent
>Diepeveen has payed all the attention to the Engine. Therefore, your last
>information is wrong. You should verify better the sources of your informations.
>
>AO.

Let me add one question:

7) Why on earth did you play this match with such weird conditions and
   why did you publish it? I'm curious of what information you aim for.

/Peter




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