Author: Uri Blass
Date: 14:08:13 10/25/03
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On October 25, 2003 at 16:17:00, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >On October 25, 2003 at 15:37:00, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: > > >Just look at the position after black's e4! and watch what >other programs say. I know: you got what you wanted. An offbeat >line and a win. But this had nothing to do with the opening and >I am quite sure that Fritz, Shredder and Tiger would not let >Ruffi to get away with it so easily. We need to test Ruffian against them in that opening to know. Fritz8 evaluates the position as equal. > >I see that you are also a person who relies on statistics a lot. >2,5 out of 3, not bad! But how many GM's have played this line >since!? I do not watch statistics, but look freshly at the >position. And what do I see? Black has the pair of bishops for >free and better development. I do not see better developement and I am not sure if it is possible to take advantage of the pair of bishops. > >Statistics say nothing, even if 8.Bd5 gets 100% thanks to 10 games >by 1700 players, it still is not a good move. Too bad I didn't >know you rely on statistics, next time I will take advantage of >that. > >Jeroen I believe that Djordje looked at games before deciding the position is equal and did not rely only on statistics. Based on statistics he could say that white is better and he did not say it. Uri
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