Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 08:41:27 02/02/06
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On February 02, 2006 at 03:28:25, Günther Simon wrote: >On February 01, 2006 at 13:01:19, Graham Banks wrote: > >>On February 01, 2006 at 09:19:46, Torstein Hall wrote: >> >>>Even if I agree that Hydra is probably stronger than any PC program, I can not >>>understand why you say the Caro Kann is a joke. Have you seen it refuted >>>anywhere? >>> >>>Torstein >> >> >>Agreed. The Caro-Kann has been used by many world champions and is extremely >>solid! >>Kasparov was even prepared to use it against Deeper Blue although he stuffed it >>up as everybody knows. >> >>Graham. > >Hi Torstein and Graham, > >You both missed the point. He was not speaking about Caro Kann in general, >but about that specific 'Caro Kann _game_'. This clearly means the line, >which was played and I completely agree with Michael. > >1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6 exf6 ... Right, certainly Modern and Caro Kann are both respectable openings. Nickel played inferior lines and was lucky that his opponent was Chesstiger 15 in the Caro Kann game. Michael >Guenther
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