# Commentary:  glee v. SiXSwordS chess game

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 15, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commentary-glee-v-sixswords-chess-game/496544 "2009-05-15T17:18:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commentary-glee-v-sixswords-chess-game/496544/15 "2009-05-17T13:08:03Z")

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I’m putting this here, but it is a link to the game thread:

> [@Chess - training game (Glee v SiXSwordS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-training-game-glee-v-sixswords/496301/53):
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> The ‘sharp’ play comes after continuations like:
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> 1. … c5xd4
> 2. c3xd4 Nb8-c6
> 3. Nf1-f3 e7-e5
> 4. Nb1-c3 Bf8-b4
> 5. Bc1-d2 Bb4xc3
> 6. Bd2xc3 e5-e4
> 7. Nf3-e5 Nc6xe5
> 8. d4xe5 Ng8-e7
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> which by the way is all ‘book’! :eek:

: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?

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