Author: blass uri
Date: 04:01:41 05/15/00
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On May 15, 2000 at 06:47:42, Lin Harper wrote: > Just on a lighter note, guys, I remember back in the early > 1980's when I had a Novag Constellation. I was starting out > in chess at the time, and in my part of the world there were'nt > many human opponents around the neighbourhood. > I figured out how to beat the Novag. You basically waited > until it castled, then castle on the opposite wing. Follow this > up with a pawnstorm on it's kingside, and it worked almost every > time. And this with me as a very mediocre player. > The programs are obviously a lot stronger nowadays, but I was > surprised to see VanWely adopt my winning strategy. Van wely did not castle on the opposite side but did not castle at all. I guess that this is the reason that programs do not understand that white is better before it is too late(they believe that white has king's safety problems) Uri
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