Author: Telmo C. Escobar
Date: 13:35:06 08/13/05
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On August 13, 2005 at 15:07:10, John Merlino wrote: >On August 13, 2005 at 13:55:08, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?441588 > >This is not a valid case. This was an FRC (Chess960) game, in which the old >rules of thumb do not NECESSARILY apply. In fact, the whole idea of Chess960 is >to prevent such rules from ever existing, and to simply find the best move! > >I'm not saying that 3.Qh5 was the best move, or even a good move. For example, >in the opening position of this game: > >[D]brnqnbkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNQNBKR w - - 0 1 > >CM9_R1 likes 1.b4, and who is to say that isn't the best move? > >Time Depth Score Positions Moves >0:00 1/3 0.15 966 1.Ncd3 Ncd6 2.Nf3 Nf6 >0:00 1/4 0.45 1746 1.Ncd3 Ncd6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 >0:00 1/5 0.16 3684 1.Ncd3 Ncd6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 b6 >0:00 1/6 0.27 11775 1.Ncd3 Ncd6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 b5 4.e3 >0:00 1/7 0.05 63546 1.Ncd3 b5 2.b4 d6 3.e3 e5 4.f4 >0:00 1/7 0.16 84790 1.Nf3 b5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b4 e6 4.Nd3 Nd6 >0:01 1/8 0.20 166065 1.Nf3 b5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 e6 4.Nd3 Nd6 >0:01 1/8 0.24 267444 1.b4 e6 2.e3 b5 3.Ne2 Ned6 4.Nf3 > Ne7 5.d3 >0:05 1/9 0.14 798696 1.b4 b5 2.f3 e6 3.Ned3 Ne7 4.e3 > d6 5.Ne2 e5 >0:14 1/10 0.25 2233120 1.b4 Nf6 2.f3 d6 3.e4 Nb6 4.c4 > e6 5.Qc2 d5 6.exd5 exd5 >0:35 1/11 0.16 5561961 1.b4 Nf6 2.f3 d6 3.e4 Nb6 4.Ne2 > h6 5.Ng3 e6 6.Bb5 c6 >1:39 1/12 0.21 16373972 1.b4 b5 2.f3 e6 3.Ned3 f5 4.e3 > Ned6 5.Ne2 Nb6 6.Qe1 Bb7 7.Qg3 > >We all look to chess engines to provide insight to complex or unfamiliar >positions, so it seems a bit hypocritical to say that they don't know anything >in a position that we as humans are not familiar with? > >In fact, the first five moves of this game look pretty bizarre to a patzer like >me. 1.e3 b5 2.b3 e6 3.Qh5. But you can't dismiss these moves out of hand simply >because they break the rules of ONE of the 960 possibilities of FRC. > >jm 1.e3 b5 2.b3 e6 3.Qh5 looks like an excellent opening setup, in my view. Yet CM might be right that 1.b4 is even better. Both make sense. Telmo
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