Author: José Carlos
Date: 23:46:43 11/02/01
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On November 02, 2001 at 19:47:19, Koundinya Veluri wrote: >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 Hey, I think we should work together. Averno gets strong attacking positions due to eval... and the fails to catch the opponent king and ends up losing stupidly. So let Averno play first, and then I'll let KingofKings finish the game :) (King of Averno... doesn't sound bad, does it?) José C.
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