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Subject: Re: Is it true that Junior6a mediocre on tactical & positional test suit

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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