Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:49:58 03/19/99
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On March 19, 1999 at 18:23:18, Phil Dixon wrote: >Can anyone point me to an opening book or website that deals with opening >transpositions? Is there a good software program that deals with this issue? >Can anyone cite an example where it would change the positional evaluation or >where a person will find himself dealing with a totally new opening? > >A big THANK YOU!! in advance. > >Phil I'm not sure what you are asking, but we once killed Fidelity's latest (using Cray Blitz) by doing this: (CB was white) 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 and black could have now transposed right back into a perfectly playable Sicilian. But instead, black's book didn't understand transpositions, and it tried to hold that pawn for dear life. It did, and it choked on it within 15 more moves. Bob
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