Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 14:55:04 01/08/01
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On January 08, 2001 at 08:12:25, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On January 07, 2001 at 20:57:46, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>One well known rule of thumb is: It is often a bad idea to grab more material >>when already ahead in material. >> >>For instance, when I play, I generally avoid increasing my material advantage >>unless it does not cost me anything (time, structure, open lines for opponent, >>etc.) to do so or I have nothing else to do that is constructive. >> >>In fact, a reasonable rule of thumb for open positions might be: The 1st pawn >>grabbed is worth 3 tempi, but the 2nd pawn is only worth 1 tempo. Something I >>observed while I studied some of Morphy's games. >> >>My question is: Do any programs take this into account or do they all consider >>the 2nd pawn they grab to be as valuable as the 1st? > >why do you assume all programs are preprocessors? I don't. Your interpretation is a complete surprise.
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