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Subject: Re: Definition of "Positional Positions" = ?

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 17:44:07 12/05/02

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On December 05, 2002 at 20:05:30, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On December 05, 2002 at 17:32:13, Bob Durrett wrote:
>
<snip>

>>I'm not clear what you mean when you say "Positional
>>Position."  [Also, what is it, exactly, that is "impossible"?]
>
>Example, a position without tactics, meaning without ordinary eval advantages.

<snip>

Well, maybe we need help from the chess programmers on this one.  I do not know
what "ordinary eval advantages" would be.  Perhaps is depends on the chess
engine.  One engine might ordinarily identify certain kinds of advantages and
another chess engine might ordinarily identify a different set of kinds of
advantages.

I prefer to give the chess engine programmers the benefit of the doubt on this
one.  They probably have done a lot of work in making their position evaluation
code work well with a wide range of position types.  But I'm just guessing, of
course.  : )

Bob D.



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