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Subject: Re: What happened to Hitech?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 05:20:28 10/08/99

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On October 08, 1999 at 06:39:28, Ratko V Tomic wrote:

>>>Apparently in that book Berliner's theory "refutes" the 1.e4 opening move.
>>>Did anyone read the book?
>>
>>
>> Every GM/IM I know of that has read the book has said "garbage".
>
>Well, the review did make it sound weird. But, one never knows. What if some
>day, when computers have at least part of the tablebase for the initial
>position, or can otherwise practically solve the game with some other algorithm
>not thought up yet, and it turns out that the 1.e4 is sub-optimal (or maybe even
>a losing move). How many decades or centuries did "experts" laugh at Copernicus
>or Gallileo.


Not as long as IM/GM players will laugh at this 'system'.  :)




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