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Subject: Re: How to avoid blocked pawn positions in Deep Fritz vs Kramnik ?!

Author: Jason Williamson

Date: 13:18:40 05/20/01

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On May 20, 2001 at 14:14:17, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>We have witnessed how simple it is for any IM or higher to paralize the tactical
>capability of any good chess program, by avoiding open positions which increase
>the tactical chances of most programs. Kramnik even paralized the tactical
>possibilities of Kasparov (one of the most dangerous human tactical player
>alive) by playing the Berlin system of the Ruy Lopez. Therefore, it is
>recommended to implement a subroutine which will enable Deep Fritz to detect
>when the position has become blocked by pawns, which will trigger it to
>sacrifice the key pawn, in order to open up the position for the program to
>excell tactically. A subroutine with this unique evaluation terms will require
>pawn hashing technique, since the extra evaluation terms will slow the search
>down more than the benefit of the extra knowledge.
>
>PS: Does anyboby know exactly the speed of each processor in which Deep Fritz be
>opearated on, Will it be intel or AMD ?
>
>Pichard.\

Minor detail, Kramnik used the Berlin to stere towards and ending right away
where he was a slight disadvantage but knew it was practically easy to draw.  He
also knew that kasparov's ego would not let him back down from this.  Deep Fritz
doesn't have an ego, at least not yet anyway ;)

JW



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