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Subject: Re: King safety test position

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 11:33:37 05/04/02

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On May 03, 2002 at 22:48:44, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On May 02, 2002 at 13:22:52, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
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>>But king safety could help an engine find it SOONER, right?
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>
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>I don't think so, but based only on a quick look.  IE Crafty fails high
>to +3 quickly.  That is not a positional score but a real win in material...
>


There's still a misunderstanding here.  I DO know that it's a tactical score,
and that good positional factors will not result in such a high score, but I
thought these factors *could* help steer the engine to find the tactical win
sooner than otherwise.  Not so?



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