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Subject: Re: FRC_TheBaron_101 Vs Fritz8 (Castling vs Not Castling rules)

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 12:27:27 06/24/03

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On June 24, 2003 at 14:22:01, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote:

>Hi Uri,
>
>On June 24, 2003 at 13:30:11, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>It seems that you assume that people tend to prefer FRC when no money is
>>involved.
>>I think that you are wrong here.
>
>A lot of new players would prefer FRC because there would be no need
>to learn openings from a lot of books. FRC will therefore make chess
>more attractive to a lot of new fans, who can start very soon playing
>attractive games of FRC.

I do not think that people asked new players if they prefer FRC and not shuffle
chess.

If the target is not to learn opening than shuffle chess is also enough.

I also think that the main strength of GM's is not opening theory and I
believe that they can be better on similiar game when no theory is available.

The value of theory is not so high and I expect the top commercial with no
opening book to score more than 50% even against amateurs like Crafty or Yace.

New comers are losing against GM's mainly because of reasons that are not
theory.

Uri



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