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Terry McCracken
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Interesting Comments from the Rybka Forum, Book Preparation

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By Nelson Hernandez

I am sure others have noticed this and maybe noted it online, but I don't see it in the forum and someone has to comment. Let's look at the first 27 moves of Game 4:

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nf5 Ne5 21. Rg3 g6 22. Nf3 Ned3 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Bxh6 Qf6 25. Qd2 Nxe1 26. Bxf8 Nxf3+ 27. Rxf3

Have I had too many margaritas or wasn't Game 6 the exact same line from Daniel Fleetwood - Stephan Busemann, 27 Dec 2002? And isn't it true (getting into high parliamentary dudgeon, jabbing a finger into the air) that in Game 6 the line from this same game was precisely followed an astonishing 36 moves from a 42-move game? Read that again if you didn't get it the first time, folks.

Guys, what kind of "strategy" is this? Up to this point you have violated practically every single rule of sound tournament play! This game is by far the most humiliating game of the bunch because it proves beyond any doubt that the person in charge of the opening book was dead asleep at the switch after taking about ten Valiums. How could you play white pieces and give Erdo a free pass like this?! I swear, the color must have drained from your faces and made you look like human white pieces once you saw what was happening! (I can only imagine what Erdo must be thinking at this point.) Oh, man.
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