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Subject: Re: Congrats to Ruffian!

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 23:09:27 10/29/03

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On October 29, 2003 at 13:07:02, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On October 29, 2003 at 12:29:29, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On October 29, 2003 at 10:04:27, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On October 29, 2003 at 01:31:06, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 28, 2003 at 23:07:54, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>So the books are 100% different?
>>>>>
>>>>>I don't believe it.  10% I might buy, but based on Jeroen's comments, they
>>>>>are obviously not completely mutually exclusive lines...
>>>>
>>>>Of course not, they all have the Sicilian obviously, just as I'm sure
>>>>your book does.
>>>>
>>>>You can't have three good books and have them not have a single variation
>>>>in common. But if you think the books are largely identical, you are completely
>>>>mistaken.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>GCP
>>>
>>>
>>>I'll say it again.  If they have less than 90% common lines, I would be
>>>amazed.  Just think about why...
>>
>>Yes, as I already said, and you obviously didn't read, there are of
>>course common mainlines. But the programs style is substantially different
>>and so are the books.
>>
>>--
>>GCP
>
>
>And I'll say it again also.  If they have 90% in common they are not
>_that_ different.  Or can I change 10% of Crafty and enter two copies in
>the next WMCCC?  Or three copies?  Or N copies?  10% is not much.

I think it's more important where they differ. 2 Books can be 99.99% equal, with
1 difference. One says 1. e4 and the other 1. d4

Tony




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