Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 07:26:30 12/20/99
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On December 20, 1999 at 01:10:05, Tina Long wrote: >On December 19, 1999 at 22:57:40, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: > >>I think your right, except for where the GM's are intentionally >>trying to lay a trap for other chess players, with tricky lines they already >>have busted, that read the informant (and that's still most of the profesional >>ones in world), to fall into. So be careful out there! >> >>Larry T. > >I suspect (maybe because it suits me too) that the "busted lines" theory is a >myth. It does exist busted lines in printed materials, thats for sure. A friend of mine at IM strenght played a variation recomended by Adorjan in "Black is OK" and resigned 2 moves after that "improvment". That was probably a slip, but I think most GM's would save their best TN's to over the board play and not give the line in Informator! Torstein > >If a GM sticks in false analysis firstly he's (she's wouldn't do such things) >got to get it past the expert editorial board, and then if his peers saw through >his falsity, they could point fingers at him & laugh, or prepare a trap for his >trap. > >There are definitely mistakes made though, no question. I can't recall the >line, it was another Petroff, but a "best theoretical novelty" in one issue >became a ??, six months later. > >FIVE MORE SLEEPS TILL SANTY COMES > >Don't you love the bright eyes & gasps of the kiddies as they open their >presents. > >It's amazing how many socks & undies you can pack into a Sony Playstation Box.
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