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Subject: Re: GM/IM opening stats against crafty - Draws

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 13:53:28 06/24/05

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On June 24, 2005 at 13:39:33, Matthew Hull wrote:

>On June 24, 2005 at 13:13:04, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>On June 24, 2005 at 12:45:28, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On June 24, 2005 at 03:31:00, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>>
>>>>On June 24, 2005 at 00:59:47, Matthew Hull wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>So, which openings are most successful for IMs/GMs against computers?
>>>>>
>>>>>(opening code and # of games)
>>>>>Scrappy draws playing the white pieces
>>>>>A44 1
>>>>>B01 1
>>>>>B12 1
>>>>>B26 1
>>>>>B41 1
>>>>>B43 1
>>>>>B91 1
>>>>>B93 1
>>>>>C02 1
>>>>>C10 1
>>>>>C19 1
>>>>>D13 1
>>>>>C05 2
>>>>>C18 2
>>>>>C55 2
>>>>>D11 2
>>>>>D43 2
>>>>>A02 4
>>>>>A03 4
>>>>>C01 9
>>>>>Scrappy draws playing the black pieces
>>>>>A04 1
>>>>>A08 1
>>>>>A18 1
>>>>>A30 1
>>>>>A32 1
>>>>>A56 1
>>>>>A57 1
>>>>>A58 1
>>>>>A61 1
>>>>>A65 1
>>>>>B19 1
>>>>>C41 1
>>>>>D11 1
>>>>>D12 1
>>>>>D13 1
>>>>>D14 1
>>>>>D27 1
>>>>>D35 1
>>>>>D45 1
>>>>>D91 1
>>>>>E00 1
>>>>>E11 1
>>>>>E14 1
>>>>>E46 1
>>>>>E62 1
>>>>>A11 2
>>>>>C26 2
>>>>>C68 2
>>>>>D79 2
>>>>>D02 3
>>>>>D37 3
>>>>>E12 4
>>>>>A05 5
>>>>>A45 6
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>And here are the Scrappy defeats again:
>>>>>
>>>>>Scrappy losses playing the white pieces
>>>>>A02 1
>>>>>A40 1
>>>>>B07 1
>>>>>C02 2
>>>>>A03 5
>>>>>Scrappy losses playing the black pieces
>>>>>A00 1
>>>>>A05 1
>>>>>A25 1
>>>>>A46 1
>>>>>C41 1
>>>>>C45 1
>>>>>D45 1
>>>>>D85 1
>>>>>E15 1
>>>>>E70 1
>>>>>E92 1
>>>>>A79 2
>>>>>B22 2
>>>>>C42 2
>>>>>D02 2
>>>>>D10 2
>>>>
>>>>Thank You for your annoying A00 onward system..sheesh... Now could you provide
>>>>details like PGN and T/Cs?
>>>>
>>>>It may mean something if we can review these games. Stats are not always enough.
>>>
>>>
>>>why not go to icc, type "search scrappy" and see what you get?   Look at any
>>>games you choose to.
>>
>>I may do that. But quite frankly I'm a little bored with all this talk.
>
>
>I would think any strong human desirous of building an anti-computer repetoire
>would take an interest in this as a starting point for investigation purposes at
>the very least.  It's the whole point of this thread -- opening choices against
>strong computers.

I didn't say I've no interest, but I'm bored by this sort of banter, I'll check
the games later.
>
>Notice the paucity of double-king-pawn openings in the list.  GMs and IMs that
>play computers with any frequency know better than GM Adams, who plays machines
>very seldom it would seem.  It also seems obvious that Robin does not play them
>much either, else he would not have said what he said.
>
>IMHO, of course.
>
>:)

Of Course...



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