Weak Opennings unearthed by Yorkman tourn?
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 5:55 am
From the Yorkman tournament thread, where 100 games were played between H6 and latest SF8 Dev at
http://chess.my2dollars.ca the tourn seems to have discovered some dubious black opennings
(assuming equal strength for both sides) because neither SF8 dev nor H6 can hold blacks position.
Weak Opennings for black,
C16 French-Petrosian Variation
C96 Ruy Lopez-Keres Variation.
Both engines of almost equal strength, playing around 3400+ can't save black from these 2 opennings.
Maybe safe to label those 2 opennings 'dubious' for black. Out of nearly 50 opennings played, only these two popped up.
A quick check on Database also proves C16 and C96 don't show very good result for black on top level.
Ok, on lower rated games it's about equal with no sign that black is inferior.
Maybe playable at lower level, but at top level chess (super GM's, including eng-eng matches)
these 2 opennings looks dead.
http://chess.my2dollars.ca the tourn seems to have discovered some dubious black opennings
(assuming equal strength for both sides) because neither SF8 dev nor H6 can hold blacks position.
Weak Opennings for black,
C16 French-Petrosian Variation
C96 Ruy Lopez-Keres Variation.
Both engines of almost equal strength, playing around 3400+ can't save black from these 2 opennings.
Maybe safe to label those 2 opennings 'dubious' for black. Out of nearly 50 opennings played, only these two popped up.
A quick check on Database also proves C16 and C96 don't show very good result for black on top level.
Ok, on lower rated games it's about equal with no sign that black is inferior.
Maybe playable at lower level, but at top level chess (super GM's, including eng-eng matches)
these 2 opennings looks dead.