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Subject: Re: Junior 5 - Crafty 15.17 40/120 games

Author: Serge Desmarais

Date: 16:36:20 08/29/98

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On August 29, 1998 at 10:34:22, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>
>many programs don't implement the "if ahead, trade pieces but *not* pawns, and
>if behind, trade pawns but *not* pieces".  For reasons that are unknown.  So
>there is plenty of opportunity for swindles in that regard...



   But it is part of the basics that novice and intermediary players learn
before improving! But I guess since few amateurs do survive the
opening/middlegame phases to enter the endgame, many programmers did not feel it
was important to add this "guide" into their program?


Serge Desmarais



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