Author: Uri Blass
Date: 08:34:08 06/24/03
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On June 24, 2003 at 11:23:56, Sune Fischer wrote: >On June 24, 2003 at 11:07:38, Uri Blass wrote: > >>>But nevermind the titles, that's just boring hairsplitting anyway. >>> >>>I think FRC is increasing its popularity, also now with the Leko-Svidler match, >>>and I like it because it solves some problems (book problems!) >> >> >>I do not think that the book problem is very important and top programs can do >>well even without opening book. > >It is possible you are mistaken about that. >I certainly know my engine has lost games because of bad opening lines. List4.61 with no book beats a lot of program and I doubt if a good book can help them. It seems to have chances against almost everything. > >>If you want to solve book problems than shuffle chess is enough and you do not >>need FRC. > >You can, and it is better than nothing I guess. But as a chessplayer myself I >must say that shuffle doesn't appeal to me at all, that's like a kids game. I do not feel the same. You >also see the superGMs play FRC and not shuffle. I do not know. Do kasparov,Kramnik,Anand play FRC? Uri
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