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Subject: Re: What has the Finet Chess960 proven ( NO Opening Memorization)

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 02:07:08 08/07/04

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On August 07, 2004 at 04:21:26, morphy wrote:

>On August 06, 2004 at 14:09:40, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>Fischer was correct after all, most of today best players simply have a
>>fotographic memory of the opening and all their variations. I would say that
>>players with Standard Chess rating over > 2700 are not winning this type of
>>chess in which memorization of the opening up to 20 or 30 moves is NOT required.
>>Therefore, players like Morozevich,Alexan GM 2743,
>>Ponomariov,Ruslan GM 2722, Grischuk,Alexande GM 2720, Bacrot,Etienne GM 2712
>>whiche were the favorite to win did NOT win and Almasi, Zoltan GM 2644 surprised
>>everybody.
>>
>>CCM4 - FiNet Open Stand/standings Runde/round 11
>>
>>Rang Teilnehmer Titel TWZ At Verein/Ort Land S R V Punkte PktSu MiBuch
>>1. Almasi,Zoltan GM 2644 M SC Kreuzberg e. HUN 8 3 0 9,5 58,5 67,5
>>2. Bacrot,Etienne GM 2712 M Bremer SG von 1 FRA 7 3 1 8,5 60,0 69,0
>>3. Kobalija,Mihail GM 2643 M Rußland RUS 7 3 1 8,5 55,5 64,0
>>4. Tregubov,Pavel GM 2628 M Sgem Heiligenha RUS 6 5 0 8,5 54,5 66,5
>>5. Sadvakasov,Darmen GM 2626 M Kasachstan KAZ 8 1 2 8,5 50,5 58,0
>>6. Naiditsch,Arkadij GM 2576 M SF Brackel 1930   7 3 1 8,5 48,0 59,0
>>7. Rublevsky,Sergei GM 2655 M Rußland RUS 7 3 1 8,5 48,0 58,5
>>8. Morozevich,Alexan GM 2743 M SG 1868 Aljech. RUS 8 1 2 8,5 47,0 60,5
>>9. Sasikiran,Krishna GM 2666 M Indien IND 7 2 2 8,0 51,0 65,5
>>10. Grischuk,Alexande GM 2720 M Lübecker SV von RUS 8 0 3 8,0 50,0 65,0
>>11. Ponomariov,Ruslan GM 2722 M Ukraine UKR 7 2 2 8,0 49,5 61,5
>>12. Landa,Konstantin GM 2584 M SV Mülheim Nord RUS 7 2 2 8,0 49,0 59,0
>>13. Baklan,Vladimir GM 2595 M USC Magdeburg UKR 8 0 3 8,0 47,0 61,0
>>14. Agrest,Evgenij GM 2612 M Bremer SG von 1 SWE 7 1 3 7,5 51,5 62,0
>>15. Shchekachev,Andre GM 2533 M Rußland RUS 6 3 2 7,5 50,5 64,5
>>16. Jussupow,Artur GM 2583 M SG 1868 Aljech.   7 1 3 7,5 50,0 64,0
>>17. Karjakin,Sergey GM 2591 M Ukraine UKR 5 5 1 7,5 50,0 63,5
>>18. McShane,Luke-Jame GM 2643 M SAbt SV Werder  ENG 7 1 3 7,5 50,0 59,5
>>19. Bologan,Victor GM 2663 M Dresdner SC 189 MLD 7 1 3 7,5 48,0 62,5
>>20. Nielsen,Peter-Hei GM 2652 M SV Wattenscheid DEN 7 1 3 7,5 48,0 60,0
>>21. Volokitin,Andrej GM 2638 M SF Katernberg 1 UKR 6 3 2 7,5 47,5 59,0
>>22. Gyimesi,Zoltan GM 2618 M SC Eppingen HUN 6 3 2 7,5 47,5 58,5
>>23. Dautov,Rustem GM 2624 M SC Baden-Oos   5 5 1 7,5 46,5 59,0
>>24. Seirawan,Yasser GM 2631 M United States USA 5 5 1 7,5 46,0 58,0
>>25. Greenfeld,Alon GM 2567 M Israel ISR 6 3 2 7,5 46,0 56,5
>>26. Epishin,Vladimir GM 2635 M Lübecker SV von RUS 6 3 2 7,5 45,0 58,0
>>27. Hort,Vlastimil GM 2524 M SV Oberhausen 1   6 3 2 7,5 44,5 57,0
>>28. Varga,Zoltan GM 2592 M SF Essen Überru HUN 7 1 3 7,5 41,0 48,0
>
>I think that in future the GMs specialized on FRC will have a fotographic memory
>at least of the best first move of all 960 possible initial dispositions (if
>them remain 960 after that we'll don't cut any configuration because it's not
>too much playable, like Anand sayd in his last interview).

Yes, it will be possible for GM to know the first 5 best moves for each of the
960 positions, but very soon there will be a Frc-Shredder and Frc-Hiarcs version
to keep them worry.

Pichard



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