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Subject: Re: Easy test position

Author: Gerd Isenberg

Date: 02:24:19 08/09/02

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On August 08, 2002 at 18:00:07, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>On August 07, 2002 at 18:39:46, Gerd Isenberg wrote:
>
>>I agree, but see my post below.
>
>Gerd: "With the little help of a "king in corner"- repetition heuristic IsiChess
>found
>Ne5 in 12secs (depth 8) on my Athlon XP2000+ ~256MB Hash. I suppose that
>programs that solve this fast, use similar. I think this heuristic is wellknown
>but controversial. It can be combined with "contempt" factor."
>
>I guess, you mean this. Sounds very interesting, but I don't understand it. I
>have never heard of this heuristics. Would you like, to elaborate on it?
>
>Cheers,
>Dieter

Hi Dieter,

yes, this is what i meant, but also the following passage. It's simply a
positive, optimistic "draw" score for the attacking queen side, if the enemy
king in (near) corner is checked by the queen and the position is a first
repetition. If the attacking queen side has more well developed pieces which may
support the queen, the "draw" score is rather high, like a contempt factor
against a stronger opponent.

The idea is to direct the search to this attack, but hopefully finding a better
alternative than the perpetual check.

Regards,
Gerd




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