Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 09:44:01 04/01/02
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On April 01, 2002 at 12:24:41, jefkaan wrote: ^^^^^^^^ Good joke. Ed >In previous research in has been found impossible >to find a significant opening advantage in all >possible cases; and even when such an advantage would >be found, of say about half a pawn up till one >pawn, then black could force the endgame to >become in such a way that white cannot win (eg >trying to get unequal bishops, etc.). However, >with another approach i've recently found that >white still get a forced win; this approach is >in line with middlegame strategy as already known >to Euwe (majority attack) and for comps can be >programmed as follows: > >1) castle on same side as opponent >2) play the opening in such a way that white has >one pawn less on the kingside, and one pawn >more the other side. This doesn't mean the >kingside is weaker, as usually it means an >open line for the rook, eg. the f line. >3) advance the majority pawns gradually, >preferably as a chain, until in the endgame a pawn >can be promoted (or achieving a promotion >threat in such a way that black is losing). >4) finish off the game. > >Question now is, how to achieve such positions >from the opening ? Well initially, using Crafty to >analyze the endpositions after the opening lines, >i couldnt get any significant advantage which >isnt surprising as Crafty doesnt give a big >numeric advantage for such a pawn majority ; >however, with Tiger14 i've found that it's possible >to achieve such positions in almost all cases (in >other cases tactics also give a win for white). > >Ofcourse i have kept this revolutionary method >secret for a while, also as it took quite some time >to analyze all endpositions of my 10 million-pos >opening book, but now, after a few months of >number crunching i can let the world know that >chess has been solved. To keep this secret >i haven't played with this method on Internet >yet, but have done some off line testing >and using Tiger with agressive settings and my >'killer'book achieved wins for white in 99% of the time, >usually within 200 moves, against all top engines, >Fritz, Tiger, Gambit Tiger, etc.Now ofcourse you guys >are curious which opening move is the best. Well, >surprise, surprise, its not e4, not d4, but it is..: > >1. Nf3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > >So Kramnik was right after all.. > >Coming months i'm intending to demonstrate this >method on ICC (my comp of 1000Mhz is fast enough >to win from any opponent with white) and gradually >expand the book with deeper lines; in such a way >in future the forced win for white will be achieved >even faster (although it still might take more >than 100 moves against the top engines ofcourse). >best regards, >Jefk >PS my opening book with the winning lines >will be sold on a copy protected Cd-Rom for >about $ 150; considering the 'historical' result >i don't think this is a very high price; >considering the expected high demand for >this Cd-Rom i'm currently in the process >of printing 50,000 of them as first edition. >(people who want to order straightaway their >copy may do so by sending an email to >kec@hotmail.com notifying in which way they >like to pay, ie check, money order, or cash).
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