I’m putting this here, but it is a link to the game thread:
:eek: indeed!
It does bring up a question about trying play “out of book” or trying to get one’s opponent “out of book.”
I’ve seen that phrase used to mean something like: playing moves that aren’t on the script.
I assume that the same idea would hold in terms of there being + and - aspects as well as there being no point in playing moves just because they’re out-of-book.
But in a game against a superior opponent, where they know the book better than I do, am I better off playing “novel” moves or sticking to the worn path?
…or is that question too abstract?