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Subject: Re: How long to do 10 full plys? Why is 1. e4 e6 so popular?

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 11:14:51 02/26/99

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On February 26, 1999 at 01:30:57, Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com) wrote:

>
>Hmmm ... MacChess picks 1. ... e6 as well - that's four programs.
>But, I don't know what's computer-attractive about it.
>
>
>  1. e4
>
>02/01|00:00:00|          53|   -6| Nc6 d3
>03/01|00:00:00|         218|   +1| Nc6 d3 Nf6
>03/04|00:00:00|         428|   +2| e6 d3 Bc5
>04/01|00:00:00|        1078|   -5| e6 Nf3 Bc5 d3
>05/01|00:00:00|        4597|   +1| e6 d3 Nc6 Bf4 Bc5
>06/01|00:00:00|       20171|   -5| e6 Nf3 Nc6 Nc3 Bb4 Bc4
>07/01|00:00:01|       68769|   +1| e6 Nf3 Nc6 d3 Nf6 Bf4 Bc5
>08/01|00:00:03|      261550|   -4| e6 Nf3 Nc6 Nc3 Bb4 a3 Bxc3 dxc3 Nf6
>09/01|00:00:08|      902877|   +0| e6 Nf3 Nf6 Nc3 Nc6 e5 Ng4 d4 Be7
>10/01|00:00:37|     4168059|   -1| e6 Nf3 Nc6 d4 d5 exd5 exd5 Bf4 Nf6 Bb5 Bd7
>   ( 45 seconds to complete examining the other alternatives. )
>11/01|00:01:43|    11442184|   -1| e6 Nf3 Be7 Nc3 d6 Bc4 Nf6 d3 Nc6 Bf4 Bd7
>
>  1. ...       e6
>
>Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)


Amateur wants to play Nf6 until ply 9, then switches to e5 in ply 10.  I would
suspect that the scores for several alternatives are pretty close.

WIll



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