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Date: 24 Jan 2009 05:44:51
From: Offramp
Subject: Rabar opening index
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Does anyone else remember the Rabar opening index? I can't remember
much about it. I am pretty sure it was meant to be an alternative to
the ECO codes. Did it just die out or is it still in use somewhere?
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Date: 27 Jan 2009 15:10:54
From:
Subject: Re: Rabar opening index
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On Jan 27, 5:54=A0pm, Chvsanchez <[email protected] > wrote:
> On 24 ene, 10:44, Offramp <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > Does anyone else remember the Rabar opening index? I can't remember
> > much about it. I am pretty sure it was meant to be an alternative to
> > the ECO codes. Did it just die out or is it still in use somewhere?
>
> It was a predecessor of ECO codes, used by Chess Informant until 1981:
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> R0-R9 (razni=3Dmiscellaneous opening moves)
> E0-E9 (e2-e4)
> D0-D9 (d2-d4)
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> See The Oxford Companion (http://books.google.com.ar/books?
> ei=3Dvo5_SaemBZWyyQSNlICQBg&id=3D160YAAAAIAAJ&dq=3Dwhyld&q=3Dbraslav&pgis=
=3D1).
Ah, yes. The OC does have an entry on it. though it does not say
much:
Rabar Classification: a mtehod of indexing openings introduced in
Chess Informant in 1966, and gradually gaining wider acceptance until
it was inexplicably abandoned in 1981. The Yugoslav player and author
Braslav Rabar (1919-1973) tried to devise a method related to the
practical needs of play and opening study, without seeking to bolster
obsolescent jargon.
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Date: 27 Jan 2009 14:54:24
From: Chvsanchez
Subject: Re: Rabar opening index
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On 24 ene, 10:44, Offramp <[email protected] > wrote:
> Does anyone else remember the Rabar opening index? I can't remember
> much about it. I am pretty sure it was meant to be an alternative to
> the ECO codes. Did it just die out or is it still in use somewhere?
It was a predecessor of ECO codes, used by Chess Informant until 1981:
R0-R9 (razni=miscellaneous opening moves)
E0-E9 (e2-e4)
D0-D9 (d2-d4)
See The Oxford Companion (http://books.google.com.ar/books?
ei=vo5_SaemBZWyyQSNlICQBg&id=160YAAAAIAAJ&dq=whyld&q=braslav&pgis=1).
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Date: 27 Jan 2009 14:10:15
From: chessparrot
Subject: Re: Rabar opening index
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On Jan 24, 1:44=A0pm, Offramp <[email protected] > wrote:
> Does anyone else remember the Rabar opening index? I can't remember
> much about it. I am pretty sure it was meant to be an alternative to
> the ECO codes. Did it just die out or is it still in use somewhere?
Rabar was Yugoslavian, the home of Informator. I thought ECO codes
were Rabars but looks like I'm wrong.
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Date: 24 Jan 2009 06:39:29
From:
Subject: Re: Rabar opening index
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On Jan 24, 8:44=A0am, Offramp <[email protected] > wrote:
> Does anyone else remember the Rabar opening index? I can't remember
> much about it. I am pretty sure it was meant to be an alternative to
> the ECO codes. Did it just die out or is it still in use somewhere?
Was that a Russian invention? I did an online search for "rabar
opening index" and got only one hit, on a listing for the Montreal
1979 tournament book, by Tal, Chepizhny and Roshal.
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