Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 07:58:44 01/06/99
Someone posted yesterday that opening books ae more important than engines in order to score well in comp-comp games. I think it's precisely the other way around. An example: in the first game Tiger-Genius6, Tiger was out of book after 1.d4 e6 while G6 stayed in book for 8 moves, and in spite of this Tiger managed to win very convincingly. More often than not, Tiger is out of book after 2 or 3 moves. Maybe this is a valid approach against cooks and learners: no book and no learner (and a very strong engine). :) (half a joke) Enrique [Event "40/40 PII-400 256MB"] [Site "Cadaques"] [Date "1999.01.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Tiger 11.7.5"] [Black "Genius 6"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bd7 9. Bc2 f6 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. O-O fxe5 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. Re1 Bc5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Rxe6+ Kf8 17. Ng5 Nd4 18. Be3 h6 19. Nh7+ Rxh7 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxh7 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Qc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Bxc1 25. a4 Nf6 26. Bg6 d4 27. Kf1 Ba3 28. Rb6 Ng4 29. Rxb7 Nxh2+ 30. Ke2 Ng4 31. Bf5 Ne5 32. Rb5 Nc6 33. Be4 Nd8 34. Rxa5 Ne6 35. Ra7 Bc5 36. Rd7 Ke8 37. Bc6 d3+ 38. Kxd3 Be7 39. Kc4 Nd8 40. Bb5 Nf7 41. Kd5 Bh4 42. g3 Bd8 43. f4 Kf8 44. Ke6 g6 45. Rxf7+ Kg8 46. Bc4 h5 47. f5 g5 48. f6 h4 49. Kf5 Bxf6 50. Kxf6 hxg3 51. Rd7+ Kh8 52. Bd3 g4 53. Rd8# 1-0
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