"John Smith" wrote in message ble.rogers.com...
Me don't get it! Mr. Whiner is actually preferring to play a theorical
sound opening against under 2000 players but not against a 2084 player?
Isn't the whole idea of studying opening so that you don't have to think
too much OTB?

I think he played theoretically sound openings against everyone,
however, I think he did not wish to play tactically sharp openings
against stronger players who might have tried to cook something up
from Fritz or Chess Base. From what I could tell, he played 1.e4
against most of his opponents who were or (he thought were) unrated.
He played 1.d4 against me which may have had something to do with the
fact that a 1950 rating was displayed next to my name. Against my
Nimzo-Indian, he played a rather obscure line without a lot of
tactical possibilities in which I quickly lost my way.

I suspect that Kasparov might have played 1.d4 against Mr. Kazaross if
he had known his rating and would have steered the game in a more
positional direction.

Vince Hart