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Subject: Re: Doesn't Crafty have code to help keep position open?

Author: Ralf Elvsén

Date: 14:07:04 07/15/00

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On July 15, 2000 at 15:44:34, Roger D Davis wrote:

>Doesn't Crafty have code to help keep position open? I just wonder what Crafty
>would have done in this game.
>
>Roger

Yes, I don't think Crafty would have been fooled so easily. Just
a guess though...

Ralf
>
>
>On July 15, 2000 at 13:18:28, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>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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