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

Author: Rolf Tueschen

Date: 16:53:43 12/06/02

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On December 05, 2002 at 20:44:07, Bob Durrett wrote:

>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.

Simple 0.6 results on the display for example. But I want to talk about
positions with "nothing" tactical and results of all key moves in a range of 0.1


>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.

Of course.


>
>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.  : )

Your smilies are a bit irritating me.



>
>Bob D.



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