Author: Louis Fagliano
Date: 10:47:24 05/28/04
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On May 27, 2004 at 13:20:04, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On May 27, 2004 at 13:02:25, Louis Fagliano wrote: > >>On May 27, 2004 at 11:14:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On May 27, 2004 at 08:47:04, Tony Hedlund wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>Just a quick note. Something is going _terribly_ wrong with Crafty's opening >>>book. It will _never_ play 1. c4 with white. And it will never play 1. ... c5 >>>against 1. e4. >>> >>>Any idea what book is being used??? >>> >> >>Is there some reason why you _want_ Crafty to avoid the Sicilian? It's heavily >>loaded with theory and tactics, but then again so are just about any other major >>openings except maybe Reti/Barcza Systems and the English Opening and you want >>it to avoid the English Opening as well. Could you please explain? Thanks in >>advance. > > >Sure. The sicilian is a very popular opening, and as a result, the commercial >book-makers have lots of cute tricks and traps. I simply avoid it to avoid the >majority of the preparation in it... Thank you very much for your reply. However, I assume Crafty will play 1. e4, am I right? If its opponent plays 1... c5 then what?
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