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Subject: Re: ICC Compuer List

Author: Koundinya Veluri

Date: 16:47:19 11/02/01

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On November 02, 2001 at 19:08:15, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On November 02, 2001 at 18:57:57, Koundinya Veluri wrote:
>
>>but it has very horrible king safety
>
>You certainly have high standards!
>
>(last time Sjeng played it it got ripped apart...Sjeng, that is)

Well, King of Kings is mostly a tactical/endgame program IMHO. Once the king
attack momentum is set, it may follow through and win the game, but it has no
idea how to set the conditions for a king attack. I guess "horrible" is not the
right word, but it has no notion of piece proximity to the king, pawn storms, or
pawn holes near the king, all of which are quite important. It's just funny
watching it grind through the queenside while the opponent shyly moves one piece
at a time near my king saying "I hope you don't mind if I do that" with an
innocent voice and suddenly the score drops from +1 to -2 to -8. I guess this
happens to everybody, but it happens very often here :)

Regards,
Koundinya

>
>--
>GCP



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