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Subject: Re: ICC Compuer List

Author: Koundinya Veluri

Date: 00:24:29 11/03/01

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On November 03, 2001 at 02:46:43, José Carlos wrote:

>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.

Hi José,

The name sounds cool! I bet it would be quite a strong program too. I still have
an old version of Averno from a long time back but your frequent solution posts
with your new Averno are impressive. When can us WinBoarders expect the release?
Hopefully soon!

Regards,
Koundinya



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