Author: Pierre Chevalier
Date: 11:27:14 10/25/03
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On October 25, 2003 at 03:41:00, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On October 25, 2003 at 00:57:55, Pierre Chevalier wrote: > >>Utzinger's NBE 2003 tournament is being played without opening books. >>Here is a survey of what the programs chose to do in the 1 e4 section. >>Choice as Black: >>Fritz 8 plays Petroff always. >>Junior 8 plays Sicilian always. >>King 323 plays French always. >>List 504 plays Scandinavian always. >>Shredder 704 plays Petroff always. >>Tiger 15 plays Petroff always. >>In the games of Hiarcs 8 and 9 after 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 : >>List and Junior chose Scotch. >>King and Shredder chose Ruy Lopez Exchange. >>Head to Head was Two Knights >>Tiger and Fritz go Two Knights >>except one Giuoco Piano chosen in Tiger--Hiarcs 9. >>In the 1 d4 section the openings were not theoretically critical but here they >>are. > > Interesting survey. Many thanks for your work. > What do you mean by: the e4-openings were critical. > Kurt In the 1 d4 section the moves chosen were not the best or were not threatening. For example a great number of the games involved Bf4 the London System. In the 1 e4 section the positions were challenging ones that GM might start with.
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