Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:44:31 07/16/00
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On July 16, 2000 at 01:07:58, Martin Grabriel wrote: >Against the Stonewall Attack.... >why not just get the program to castle Queenside once the Stonewall pattern >(white pawns at d4, e3 and f4) is detected? i.e. tweak the evaluation function >to give more points for a Queenside castling once pattern is detected. >This is probably how a human opponent would play when faced with the Stonewall >Attack. >Just a humble opinion. That is trivial to do. Which means it is a mistake. The safest place in the Stonewall is right where you start out. The center is blocked, while the wings are open. Going to the queenside makes the attack for white a little harder to carry out, but if you (black) don't do something active, you can still get rolled badly. Just like on the kingside. In crafty, I simply recognize (a "fuzzy match" using bitmap trickery) the Stonewall formation and penalize the king for being on the kingside, which makes white's job harder.
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