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Subject: Re: Rebel10/Fritz5 GMs

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 14:34:50 07/28/98

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On July 28, 1998 at 14:42:03, Howard Exner wrote:

>On July 28, 1998 at 04:04:04, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>I don't know of many players that would castle opposite in a
>>serious game against a computer, on general principles if nothing else...
>
>What is your assessment of who has the upper hand in attacking the king
>- a computer or an equally strong human?


There's little doubt that a human is better.  But why roll the dice when you
can lay them face up any way you want.  In a Stonewall, the human has nothing
to worry about except developing and parrying small threats.  But when you
castle opposite, you can overlook something, and when you do, it is often
"critical"...

IE I want the program's king exposed, but *mine* safely tucked away.  In this
game, anything could happen, and almost did...



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