"At some point I realized that I was drifting into trouble in a game against one of the "Kasparov" brand models. If this machine scored a win or even a draw, people would be quick to say that I had thrown the game to get PR for the company, so I had to intensify my efforts. Eventually I found a way ...

ernest wrote:

Ted Summers wrote:I have started using the Hiarcs Book

Which one is it ? (there are so many...)

Book M

I have started using the Hiarcs Book as you have recommended, so far it does seem like a very good pairing. Thanks.

Based on the playing style of Komodo 9, what opening book would you recommend?

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"Black undertakes an opening attack on the wing, which promises fair chances of success after 9.Bg3 h5. It is easy to see that in this case White cannot refute the attack by means of a blow ...

The direct Nh6+ on move 25 of game 9 would have been nice, but hard to calculate (well, if you are up 3-0, and Nh6+ is probably a draw at worse, why not go for it?). And the slow build is probably better anyway, makes it harder to defend IMO.

I don't know if you have ever heard of the movie "How ...

On my laptop computer Komodo 8 does believe it was the best move for black, however as it reached greater depth it started to favor 16. ... Kf8 only to return to 16. ... Rxc3

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0.00/22 16...Rxc3 ...

[Event "Battle of the Legends"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 ...

Short had one win and a draw. The win was on time in game 3.

[Event "Battle of the Legends"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2 ...