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

Author: Matthew Hull

Date: 22:28:06 06/25/05

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On June 25, 2005 at 15:24:29, Robin Smith wrote:

>On June 24, 2005 at 13:39:33, Matthew Hull wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>It seems obvious you don't know the importance of Adams playing openings he
>knows.


I understand what you are saying.  However, IMHO, his weakness in unfamiliar
closed systems will still be stronger than any computer's, to no less a degree
than the a computer's strength in open systems is superior to a man's.  Even if
you think his closed system superiority is in question because of unfamiliarity,
it is nevertheless his only hope of ever prevailing.



>IMHO, of course.  :-)
>
>Let's face it, Hydra is stronger than Adams; just won again, with the _Black_
>pieces this time. Adams is losing because Hydra is stronger, pure and simple. If
>he abandons the openings he knows it will not help him survive.
>
>-Robin



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