Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:43:13 03/20/99
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On March 20, 1999 at 06:47:29, Phil Dixon wrote: >On March 19, 1999 at 23:33:04, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On March 19, 1999 at 20:49:58, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>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 >> >>I'm sure that would be an amusing game to see... anyone with a database? :) >> >>Dave Gomboc >Thanks, Bob. Would you happen to have the PGN for that game? Any other >examples? :) I'm going to feed that position to Fritz and see how it plays out. > >Phil I don't have them, no. A few years ago we had a disk crash that lost these games (and cray blitz log files). I didn't notice they were missing until it was several years later, and by then, no backups existed. Should be in one of the game collections from ACM events. I would guess it was late 80's as Dan/Kathy were at the game operating the program, and I thought Gower had gone nuts playing that as our first search was -1.x. But holding that pawn was painful for black. Too painful...
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