Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 01:24:41 03/17/00
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On March 16, 2000 at 17:20:19, blass uri wrote: >Reducing the piece value in general is one of them but reducing the pawn value >is not one of them. > >One of the changes in Junior6 relative to Junior5 is reducing the pawn value >and Junior6 has problems in finding right sacrifices of a piece for pawns >because of this reason. > >Uri Okay, but the authors probably did this because it improves overall play. There's many times where it's important to know that you can sacrifice a pawn for the initiative and just be okay. Programs that assess pawns too highly might keep the material even and drift instead of playing actively. Dave
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