Author: David Mitchell
Date: 20:13:40 11/19/05
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On November 19, 2005 at 04:06:54, Marc Lacrosse wrote: >On November 19, 2005 at 03:58:09, Andre van Ark wrote: > >>Hi Marc, >> >>Today there are not many professional engines that will snatch the pawn on b3. >>The loss is imho not an example of bad book cooking, but an example of bad or >>even missing King safety of Fruit. >> >>Greetings, >>André > > >I do not agree. > >If Fruit's missing king safety is involved, than the role of the book-cooker is >precisely to avoid going into positions where this known weakness is >significant. >Moreover there had been explicit identifification of this kind of problems in >opposite-castling sicilian positions by several Fruit's team members and Jeroen >was aware of it. > >Marc We understand that, in some way, you feel greatly disappointed with Fruit, and it's team, Marc. The details I don't know, nor do I want or need to know. But JN has made some valuable posts here recently, into a part of CC that non-competitors seldom see. He's done that, despite not being the champion in Iceland, and has gone through several of his mistakes he felt he made, point by point. You may know, or feel differently about those points, but to come out here on a public forum, and try to belittle his work, Fruit, etc., is really not appreciated. JN has admitted his errors, and certainly isn't claiming to be perfect in the future, either. Please don't "slice and dice" every possible error of JN's books, here. This is not a chess opening book's "autopsy lab", and all it will accomplish is to cause JN and others, to refrain from posting here. With accompanying loss to this group. When people open up, and make themselves vulnerable by making posts which include their own mistakes, (for the benefit of this group as a whole), it's just not civilized to kick them in the teeth, regardless of how you feel about them, overall. Your critical comments are always welcome Marc, but there is a line between being critical, and taking into the realm of super-critical, professional/personal belittling. I'm sure everyone wishes you the best in your future chess book ventures. Dave
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