Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:15:25 05/04/01
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On May 04, 2001 at 02:58:45, James B. Shearer wrote:
>On May 02, 2001 at 23:04:05, Christophe Theron wrote:
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>>I do not want to use the kind of wild stuff I do to open the position if I'm
>>playing against a computer.
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>>Of course it's out of question to use this against a computer. So if the
>>position is blocked, I'm not going to take the risk to accept even a positional
>>handicap just to open it.
>
> I think you are missing the point of my post. This was not a case of
>refusing to play risky objectively inferior moves in order to open the position
>and possibly win a drawn position by confusing a human opponent. Instead it was
>a case of playing objectively inferior moves in a winning position which caused
>the position to become completely blocked and drawn.
(snip)
> GT2 does not seem to realize that blocking the position is bad when
>you are up material.
> James B. Shearer
Yes, you are right. I should certainly work on this.
I think Tiger needs more knowledge about passive pawn structures. It's a problem
I have seen in other situations as well, and I think it's a key point to solve
several problems, including the one you mention.
I think Bob has worked on this in Crafty, and has several times refered to this
concept as "pawn levers".
I'll have to do my homework as well... :)
Christophe
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