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Subject: What is the game of chess ?

Author: Pedro Gomes

Date: 03:24:05 03/15/05

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On March 15, 2005 at 03:51:34, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote:

>On March 14, 2005 at 21:55:16, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>Will any of the leader of the SSDF programs be converted to play Chess960? such
>>as Junior X or Shredder X ?
>>
>>http://www.chesstigers.org/en/Announcement.html
>
>I must confess that I fail to see a need for this game.
>What I do if I get bored of some opening is to switch to another and a whole new
>world opens up.
>I have answer 1.e4 with 1...c6 for many years, but last year I got brave and
>moved the c-pawn two square forward and now my black games against 1.e4 become
>interesting and new again.
>This was radical but I did a less radical switch in the 1.d4 opening with going
>from Queen Indian to Bogo-Indian as an answer to 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3
>
>What is a game of chess?
>A big part is to try to remember something you have learned/analysed, either by
>looking it up in your memory like you do in the opening and endgame play, or
>using your intuition (tactical training) to know where to calculate. Even in the
>middlegame you use learned stuff.
>
>Odd Gunnar


It is facing positions you have never seen before

PG



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