Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 18:23:54 06/26/05
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On June 26, 2005 at 17:06:54, Terry McCracken wrote: >On June 26, 2005 at 01:28:06, Matthew Hull wrote: > >>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. > >Matt I don't care what he plays, he can't beat Hydra for the moment, it's that >simple. And the reason is his poor choice of openings. > >If you really knew what was going on youl'd understand that Adams has missed at >least two draws He missed draws where the computer had the upper hand, and he hanging by his fingernails trying to find the draws. He is missing draws from a position of weakness to start with rather than from a position of strength. >, so he's playing poorly at critical moments and fricken c6 or e6 >or d4 for White won't help him. How do you know that if he does not try them? You are just making it up. > >He'd still Crash n Burn..... And you made that up, too. > > >> >> >> >>>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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