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Subject: Re: How many programmers are using a subroutine to avoid close positions ?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 17:13:06 05/18/00

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On May 18, 2000 at 18:26:05, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>In the game Tiviakov vs Fritz SSS we witnessed how simple it was for any IM to
>paralize the tactical capability of a  any good program. Since we all know
>that open positions increase the tactical chances of most programs. Therefore,
>it is recommended to implement a subroutine which will enable the program to
>detect when the position is becoming locked in the middlegame, which will
>trigger it to sacrifice the key pawn in order to open up the position for the
>program to excel tactically.
>
>Jorge


Been working on this for ages.  But the idea is not to "avoid closed positions"
it is to "understand closed positions".  Some consideration of things like pawn
levers helps a lot...  although most programs ignore the problem totally...



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