Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 19:26:21 04/13/98
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I've been reading a lot of hype about the superiority of "positional chess" in the past two weeks. I couldn't care less about which moves look "positionally correct". I care about which moves win. Those may or may not be different, depending on the specifics of any particular position. In my experience, there are a plethora of positions where a move that looks "positionally unattractive" is in fact stronger than all of the alternatives. It is somewhat nauseating to read again and again how some club players dismiss the "weak play" of today's FM to IM-level software because they doesn't think it understands basic positional concepts. Often it is that the club player does not understand what is required in the position! Sure, there are cases where a program plays a stupid, positionally incorrect move. But it's not as if IMs never do that either, let's be realistic. Dave Gomboc 2129 CFC (Canada), no GM, but not a complete beginner either :)
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