From: Alan Sawyer BELLATLANTIC NET> Date: 1 feb 2001 Subject: Re: Antwort: Ranging vs Static >>But is the percentage of won ranging rook games (in professional play) >>really greater for the ranging rook side? >> > Normally, the ranging took side loses more than half the games. But >very recently, ranging rook has been scoring well, especially in title games. > >>And if this is so, why do pros not play much more double ranging rook >>ames? > > I predict that we will see many more such games soon. > >>Jochen. > > Larry Has there been a breakdown of who does better in each game type as either black or white? I know that usually it is around 51% : 49% but do these ratios change depending on whether double static, static vs ranging (both ways around) and double ranging? Alan