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Subject: Re: What if squares d1 and d8 on starting position were vacated (no queens)?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 09:24:42 05/19/01

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On May 19, 2001 at 10:55:56, Jonathan Lee wrote:

>If all the same rules apply in chess, except no queens on d1 and d8 in the
>starting position, would all softwares jump at least 100 points against
>grandmasters?
>Do you think winning would get that much harder since additional plies can be
>sought by the computer?
>The game would be less complex and by using additional parallel processors it
>would make the machine rarely lose.
>(Like I've said the GM needs "a closed game with a queen" to win.)
>Jonathan (129 message)

I accept computers to do more draws against weaker players if the game is
without queens.

Uri



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