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Subject: Re: If...if... (NT)

Author: Jeroen Noomen

Date: 13:43:29 10/25/03

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On October 25, 2003 at 12:33:17, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:


Djordje,

Thanks for the compliments, but I think your statement is wrong.
Ruffian was out of book on move 8 (!!!) and came up with 8.Bd5?!
by itself.

BTW, you played 1.Nf3 and I doubt very much that you anticipated
1... Nc6!? and there would be a Ruy Lopez on the board.

Jeroen






>Eelco,
>
>sorry for posting the wry and ironic "if... if", but I couldn't help doing it.
>You know better than I that Jeroen Noomen does a fantastic job of preparing
>opening lines that may pulverise the opponent.  Thus it is very dangerous to use
>the most frequently played lines against a Noomen book.  The aim was to use an
>older, almost forgotten, line and then when both programs are on their own, let
>them duke it out under equal conditions.  I am happy that we managed to do this
>-- exclusively thanks to Perola's magnificent program which most people
>experience only as a fast searcher.  It will become obvious that Ruffian is
>above all a very good positional player...
>
>As for the Arena / Ruffian commercial project, you may have prompted a good and
>logical move :-).  Thanks for your comments and reply.
>
>Djordje



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