Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 10:18:28 07/15/00
In a close position such as DJ vs Piquet where the center became locked, a subroutine which tell the programs not to castle so soon, as in this case on move 9.0-0-0, until the program determines where the majority of the opponent pieces are located, in this case DJ castle into the queenside, without taking into cosideration that most of its opponent pieces where already located on the Queen side of the board, five pieces. If the subroutine is written in such a way that it will only castle to the opposite side where the minority of its opponent pieces are concentrated, then it can avoid such a rapid king side attack as in the previous game vs Piquet. My suggestion is to avoid castling so blindly whenever the position is closed. Deep Junior could have waited another 3 or 4 moves before it castled, and by then of course, castle king side or not to castle at all. Pichard.
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