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Subject: Re: Which programs Amateur and professional are more positional than Tact.?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 09:39:04 06/08/01

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On June 08, 2001 at 11:12:38, Chris Carson wrote:

>On June 08, 2001 at 10:16:34, Joshua Lee wrote:
>
>>I don't know , You sound like you do. You tell me, I would like to know.
>
>Chess Tiger, Rebel Century, Hiarcs, The King and Crafty all play very nice
>positional chess.  Positional chess is ofcourse finding positions that generate
>a lot of tactics to damage your opponents position.  :)

I would not go that far with "Crafty".  It is specifically tuned to cause
problems for opponents that want to draw. (this is _very_ common on ICC).  IE
it will frequently make unsound pawn breaks to keep things active.  (If there
ever was a "gambit program" crafty is probably it, if you watch it make
positional pawn sacrifices regularly on ICC.)  A couple of my GM friends like
this part of the program, but they do have criticisms about it at times.


>
>Fritz and Junior also play nice positional chess, however, due to their speed,
>we often think of them as very tactical players, however, the positions they
>reach are often very stong.  :)
>
>Other programs tend to fall into one or the other catagories, but it is just a
>classification.  Chess is 99% tactics and positional chess is to create powerful
>positions that have lots of tactical possibilities.
>
>Just my opinion, I am not a master player, just read a lot of books written by
>the masters (and lost a few games to them).  :)
>
>Best Regards,
>Chris Carson



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