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Subject: Re: What happened?

Author: Jeroen Noomen

Date: 01:19:09 07/16/00

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On July 15, 2000 at 13:52:39, blass uri wrote:

>I think that a better idea is to do only one slow program that can win other
>programs by king attacks.

King's attacks are only possible in specific positions. In comp-comp games they
occur very seldom. So the slowness of the program will cost more points then it
will gain points by victorious attacks.

>Chess system tal often wins other programs by king attacks but the programmer
>stopped to develop this program.

It wins a game now and then, but also lose a lot of games. F.e. by unsound sacs
or lack of positional understanding, or simply because it is out-searched.

Jeroen



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