Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 12:30:09 10/07/02
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On October 07, 2002 at 15:02:46, David Dahlem wrote: >On October 07, 2002 at 14:50:01, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>On October 07, 2002 at 10:35:06, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote: >> >>>A glance at some recent GM vs Comp reveals the humans do much better >>>when the queens are off the board (see for example Gulko's win against Shredder >>>) The reason is that with queens on programs can create positions of enormous >>>complexity in which the human could easily lose way.The Fritz programers need >>>to avoid opening lines in which queens are exchanged.(All of Deep Blues wins >>>against Kasparov where with queens on the Board). >> >>The Parameter could be set up in a way where the value for the Queen of Deep >>Fritz is higher than the opponent's Queen depending on which side DF is playing >>,and DF will refuse to exchange the Queen when it has a chance. >> >>Pichard. > >Unless it's a forced exchange, of course. And sometimes refusing to exchange can >cause one to be in a worse position than exchanging. > >Dave You are correct Dave, and the reason why Kramnik is trying so hard to exchange the queen early is to avoid complexity, since with the presence of the Queens on the board when the position becomes tactical and open like yesterday game, with the extra Queen having the biggest possible number of moves it makes it harder to beat Deep Fritz tactically. You will notice later on that if the queens are not exchange, kramnik will switch to a strategical game instead of a pure tactical one. Pichard.
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