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Subject: Re: Does Nimzo98 is a positional program?

Author: Torsten Schoop

Date: 12:39:43 03/12/98

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>
>I get -1.5 from ply=1 thru 9...
>
>But I really don't worry about this kind of position, because it is
>impossible to get such a position against Crafty.  I have too much code
>to encourage development before anything else, so it starts off in a
>position that could never happen, which means it is probably going to
>grossly misevaluate it.
>
>you might try 14.12 which I tried, which is much closer to reality with
>the -1.5...  but it won't ever understand bizarre positions like this.

Yep, you are right. I have tested Crafty 14.5, because  I have tested
the participants of my Swiss98-Tournament.

>I would suspect that Nimzo must grossly exaggerate tempi, which in this
>position gives black a huge plus.  But I also suspect that will hurt it
>in
>other positions that are perfectly safe but somewhat undeveloped...



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