Author: Albert Silver
Date: 07:45:43 02/03/99
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On February 03, 1999 at 10:16:31, Harald Faber wrote: >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. Simple. If Rebel 10 were to score a GM norm running on a generally unavailable computer (granted Kryotech is in truth available, but I certainly won't find it at a local dealer), then people though impressed with the result will also think "of course, running on that kind of hardware, even Sargon II would score a norm". Naturally this isn't true, but many WILL think something along those lines. Score a great result on a fast but easily available computer and you will REALLY grab people's attention. > >> 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? I mentioned this as I saw you had forwarded a question from CCC there, that's all.
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