Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 08:05:44 12/08/02
How well do chess engines do when the position, after opponent made his/her move, is quiet and equal? The chess literature has much to say about how human GMs treat such positions. They maneuver in an attempt to create weaknesses in the opponent's position while avoiding creation of weaknesses in their own camp. It often happens that the GMs accept some weaknesses if they are perceived to be not as significant as those created in the opponent's camp. This is one kind of positional chess. My impression is that all modern chess engines are "as clueless as a newborn baby" in such positions. Is that a fair assessment? If it is true that modern chess engines currently are not programmed to do the kind of maneuvering described above, would it be difficult to do that programming? Are there any "show stoppers"? Bob D.
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