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Subject: Re: Definition of "Positional Positions" = ?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 11:32:30 12/06/02

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On December 05, 2002 at 20:44:07, Bob Durrett wrote:

>On December 05, 2002 at 20:05:30, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>
>>On December 05, 2002 at 17:32:13, Bob Durrett wrote:
>>
><snip>
>
>>>I'm not clear what you mean when you say "Positional
>>>Position."  [Also, what is it, exactly, that is "impossible"?]
>>
>>Example, a position without tactics, meaning without ordinary eval advantages.
>
><snip>
>
>Well, maybe we need help from the chess programmers on this one.  I do not know
>what "ordinary eval advantages" would be.  Perhaps is depends on the chess
>engine.  One engine might ordinarily identify certain kinds of advantages and
>another chess engine might ordinarily identify a different set of kinds of
>advantages.
>
>I prefer to give the chess engine programmers the benefit of the doubt on this
>one.  They probably have done a lot of work in making their position evaluation
>code work well with a wide range of position types.  But I'm just guessing, of
>course.  : )

I can only say that I did not work a lot of making my position evaluation.
I think that programs can earn a lot from other ideas.

Uri



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