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Subject: Re: How strong are the programs really?

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 13:11:18 07/02/99

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On July 02, 1999 at 14:17:23, Paul Richards wrote:

>On July 02, 1999 at 13:49:59, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:
>
>
>>	When grandmasters play in high category tournaments, they know who are >the opponents and make thorough opponent-specific preparations. I think all
>>the top players take this anti-opponent preparation very seriously.
>
>Of course, and an event vs. unknown opponents would be interesting as it would
>show to what degree this is important for particular players.  Not saying it's
>the way it should be, just an interesting experiment.

Actually, in all of the tournaments that I have played in the past, this is the
way it has almost always been. You play against someone and you are in the dark
about their favorite lines, their strengths, and their weaknesses. It happens
all of the time at my level.

KarinsDad :)



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