Author: Chessfun
Date: 17:12:55 10/31/03
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On October 31, 2003 at 15:00:05, Mihaly Szalai wrote: >On October 31, 2003 at 14:00:53, Chessfun wrote: > >>On October 29, 2003 at 12:33:09, Mihaly Szalai wrote: >> >>>On October 28, 2003 at 17:38:43, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>About one opening move in the second game, I would like some insights into from >>>>the strong players, if I could: >>>> >>>>1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O >>>> >>>>[D]rnbqk2r/ppp1bppp/8/3p4/3Pn3/3B1N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQ1RK1 b kq - 0 7 >>>> >>>>7...Bf5? >>>> >>>>I can find 27 games in the CM9000 database in which this move is played and the >>>>tally is +14 =12 -1! Black has only won once in this database, and that was when >>>>a Master played the move against an unranked player. Very few GMs have played >>>>this move and scored: >>>> >>>>Ivanchuk drew Shirov (rated equally) >>>>Heubner drew Adorjan (rated 50 points worse) >>>>Christiansen drew Ljubojevic (rated 90 points higher) >>>>Reshevsky drew Liberzon (rated 45 points worse) >>>> >>>>Panno apparently tried this move against Karpov in 1980 and lost (no surprise >>>>there, as Karpov was rated 185 points higher). >>>> >>>>My point is, if this move is so poor, why is it still in an opening book? >>>>CM9000's book always plays the very common 7...Nc6 in this position. If its >>>>opponent plays 7...Bf5, it will respond with either 8.c4 or 8.Re1 with equal >>>>probability. >>>> >>>>Any thoughts would be appreciated.... >>>> >>>>jm >>> >>>In my General.ctg there's a question mark after 7.- Bf5. >>>This is the Fritz 6 book from 1999. They say there's a newer one, >>>but I don't know nothing about it. >>>(I converted the CM9000.obk to ctg and there's also a question mark.) >> >>Please explain how? >> >>Sarah. > >I don't explain it, because of a 'questionable legal status'. Ask our >beloved moderator (on high moral grounds), he also converted it and called >me a simpleton when I asked him what is the difference between cracking >TheKing.exe and cracking the CM9000 opening books. > >Mihaly This link is here at CCC still active however I can't make it work. http://www.chess-archive.com/ccc.php?art_id=313052 All I get is a single move 1. e4 in the book. Also as stated in the link "All variations are converted properly, however the probabilities are often wrong of course. It is possible to correct it manually, however that would mean a lot of work. ? for 0 None for 25 ! for 50 !! for 100 for example" Sarah.
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