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Subject: Re: ICC Compuer List

Author: José Carlos

Date: 01:18:49 11/03/01

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On November 03, 2001 at 03:24:29, Koundinya Veluri wrote:

>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

  The new version is ready for release. I'm finishing a new web page (old is
awful). When finished (some days) both program and page will be 'released'.

  José C.



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