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Date: 03 Aug 2006 19:35:23
From: THUDandBLUNDER
Subject: Chess Breakthrough (snigger)
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Chuck away all your chess books and check out
http://www.beginnersgame.com/
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Date: 21 Aug 2006 17:06:17
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Subject: Re: Chess Breakthrough (snigger)
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bellatori wrote:
> Any one remember Weaver Adams (I think I have the name right). Ray Gordon
> mentioning the Colle system... once advocated as the beginners only
> required opening for White made me recall this (thanks Ray!). It was the
> Vienna that he (Weaver Adams) advocated as the whole truth for White.
> Every generation someone thinks they have THE answer.
Actually, Adams started with the Bishop's Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4) as
supposedly the Unbeatable Opening, then switched to the Vienna Game
(1.e4 e5 2.Nc3) when that didn't pan out. In the late 1940s he ran ads
claiming "The Game of Chess Solved!". He was wrong.
More recently, we have seen a somewhat similar try, based on 1.d4, by
Hans Berliner: "The System," Gambit Publications 1999. At least, unlike
Adams, Berliner admits his system has a few holes, though it actually
has more than he admits.
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Date: 04 Aug 2006 10:14:24
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: Chess Breakthrough (snigger)
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THUDandBLUNDER <[email protected] > wrote:
> Chuck away all your chess books and check out
> http://www.beginnersgame.com/
Apparently, `This system [for White, b3, d3, e3, g3, Bb2, Nd2, Ne2,
Bg2; mirror for Black] is totally new, it has never been described
before this publication.' Yet, `In a thousand games played at master
level, this system has proved its worth.' Since the author clearly
isn't a master-level player himself, I'm rather confused by this
apparent contradiction.
And, hey, nobody tell him about Petrosian-Spassky, World Championship
(game 12) 1966: 1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.e4 e6 6.Be2 b6
7.O-O Bb7 8.Be3 Ne7. Oh look. The `Beginner's Game' forty years ago.
And Petrosian missed what would have been a stunning win, too.
But, anyway, the book speaks for itself:
``It is the greatest discovery ever made in chess, one that will
change forever the way the game is played. And in the sense that
chess has always been one of the most important of all human
intellectual pursuits, it is in fact one of the greatest
discoveries in human history!''
Who are we to argue?
Dave.
--
David Richerby Disgusting Widget (TM): it's like a
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ thingy but it'll turn your stomach!
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Date: 04 Aug 2006 17:43:56
From: Ray Gordon
Subject: Re: Chess Breakthrough (snigger)
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>> Chuck away all your chess books and check out
>> http://www.beginnersgame.com/
>
> Apparently, `This system [for White, b3, d3, e3, g3, Bb2, Nd2, Ne2,
> Bg2; mirror for Black] is totally new, it has never been described
> before this publication.' Yet, `In a thousand games played at master
> level, this system has proved its worth.' Since the author clearly
> isn't a master-level player himself, I'm rather confused by this
> apparent contradiction.
>
> And, hey, nobody tell him about Petrosian-Spassky, World Championship
> (game 12) 1966: 1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.e4 e6 6.Be2 b6
> 7.O-O Bb7 8.Be3 Ne7. Oh look. The `Beginner's Game' forty years ago.
> And Petrosian missed what would have been a stunning win, too.
>
> But, anyway, the book speaks for itself:
I've seen what Nakamura has done with this system in one-minute chess, and
it is definitely a tough nut to crack.
> ``It is the greatest discovery ever made in chess, one that will
> change forever the way the game is played. And in the sense that
> chess has always been one of the most important of all human
> intellectual pursuits, it is in fact one of the greatest
> discoveries in human history!''
>
> Who are we to argue?
Well I wouldn't go THAT far, but it's a sound and easy system, like an
improved Lassie -er, Colle.
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Date: 20 Aug 2006 04:48:02
From: bellatori
Subject: Re: Chess Breakthrough (snigger)
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Any one remember Weaver Adams (I think I have the name right). Ray Gordon
mentioning the Colle system... once advocated as the beginners only
required opening for White made me recall this (thanks Ray!). It was the
Vienna that he (Weaver Adams) advocated as the whole truth for White.
Every generation someone thinks they have THE answer.
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Date: 22 Aug 2006 11:08:59
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: Chess Breakthrough (snigger)
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bellatori <[email protected] > wrote:
> Any one remember Weaver Adams (I think I have the name right). Ray
> Gordon mentioning the Colle system... once advocated as the
> beginners only required opening for White made me recall this
> (thanks Ray!). It was the Vienna that he (Weaver Adams) advocated as
> the whole truth for White. Every generation someone thinks they
> have THE answer.
This isn't quite the same thing. Adams believed that the Vienna
constituted perfect play, i.e., that it was unbeatable. The author of
this book is only, as far as I recall, claiming that his opening
system is strong. That's a much weaker claim (at least, it is once
you strip off the hyperbole).
Dave.
--
David Richerby Love Clock (TM): it's like a clock
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ that you can share with someone
special!
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Date: 04 Aug 2006 00:10:02
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: "Beginners Game" analysis
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THUDandBLUNDER wrote:
> Chuck away all your chess books and check out
> http://www.beginnersgame.com/
It's an opening book. He advocates a double-fianchetto, d3, e3, Nd2,
and Ne2. White's position is cramped, but hard to break down. Useful
for a draw, maybe? Hardly what a beginner needs to prosper.
FEN: rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/1P1PP1P1/PBPNNPBP/R2QK2R w KQkq - 0 1
Diagram: http://tinyurl.com/johgh
*** Beginner's Game vs Rybka ***
Diagram: http://tinyurl.com/fro9z
FEN: r2q1rk1/1pp2pp1/2n1b3/p1b1p2p/P2pP1nP/1P1P2P1/1BPNNPB1/R2QK2R w KQ
- 3 12
Evaluation: +.35 for Black.
*** Beginner's Game vs Crafty ***
Diagram: http://tinyurl.com/rrbj9
FEN: r4rk1/pppq1ppp/2n2n2/2bpp3/6b1/1P1PP1P1/PBPNNPBP/R2QK2R w KQ - 0 9
Evaluation: +.30 for Black
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Date: 04 Aug 2006 17:42:21
From: Ray Gordon
Subject: Re: "Beginners Game" analysis
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> THUDandBLUNDER wrote:
>> Chuck away all your chess books and check out
>> http://www.beginnersgame.com/
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> It's an opening book. He advocates a double-fianchetto, d3, e3, Nd2,
> and Ne2. White's position is cramped, but hard to break down. Useful
> for a draw, maybe? Hardly what a beginner needs to prosper.
Yet this is Nakamura's bread-and-butter in bullet chess.
--
"Google maintains the USENET." -- The Honorable R. Barclay Surrick, Eastern
District of PA Judge
From Parker v. Google, E.D.Pa. #04-cv-3918
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