Author: Harald Faber
Date: 07:16:31 02/03/99
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On February 03, 1999 at 09:55:38, Albert Silver wrote: >>I see but I can't believe that there is really NONE able to prepare Rebels >>opening except Jeroen. > >Well, I've never heard of him working with anyone else, so you can imagine that >he doesn't want to gamble Rebel's reputation on an unknown at this point. > >>I am not so sure. Maybe you are right. Thinking about it it MAY be easier to >>prepare for the GMs because they have limited opening repertoire. But I am >>really not sure because also the GMs prepare and may choose some lines they >>didn't play before. > >True. It's delicate. On the one hand, you have the GMs with presumably top notch >preparation, but who also may just chuck it all in order to try specific >Anti-Computer strategies such as Stonewall Structures and the like. One can >never tell. On the other hand, you have certain programs that have specific >lines analyzed to a win, and these are probably MUCH harder to counter as unless >you know which ones will have to do some fancy guesswork. Analyzing the >programs' style of play is also important and should strongly determine the >choices of openings, as playing Fritz 6 Mega Beta isn't exactly like playing >Hiarcs 7 Extra Plus. Correct, but the risk to be outbusted by prepared opening killer lines decreases with the size and width of the opening book. >He'll obviously have to make a hard choice. In my opinion, much depends on the >quality of the GM event. The computer World Championship is a significant scalp >by all means and a great marketing element IF won. Without downplaying Rebel >though, Rebel is probably far more likely to score well in a GM event as it does >extremely well against humans. The question here would be, how many games? No >one will pay too much attention to 4-5 games, but if it scored a result >equivalent to a norm (whether IM or GM it would make no difference) over 9 games >this would clearly show how good it stands, and the ploy of having a "GM at >home" would look very nice on a blurb. Again, if this was done it would have to >be on something commercially available like a K6-2/400 or a K6-3 as they should >be out by then. Indeed! >For a GM norm would be shrugged off by many if it was running on >some hardware that no one could reasonably get (like the Kryotechs). This I don't understand. > Albert Silver > >BTW, if you wish to repost any discussion of ours at the REBEL Board, feel free. I am not willing to; did Ed ask for it?
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