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Subject: Was Junior lucky to have been playing Black?

Author: Louis Fagliano

Date: 07:06:26 02/06/03

Junior made a what was thought to be a spectacular attacking sacrifice but which
in the end turned out to be merely a drawing sacrifice.  However, it was playing
Black.  Thus, achieving a short draw with the Black pieces in a match is
considered good since having White in a match is equivalent to having the serve
in tennis and drawing with Black might be considered breaking your opponents
serve.

But what if Junior had White played a similar sacrifice only to end up with a
short draw?  It would have been considered stupid, right?  Throwing away a
chance to win with White?  Yet I don’t know if the program distinguishes between
having White or Black when considering a speculative sacrifice such as that one.

Is there an algorithm in the program to make it value lees an early, just out of
the opening drawing sacrifice when it has White then when it has Black?  Should
such a factor be added to it?  And are there any other programs that have that
feature?

• Re: Was Junior lucky to have been playing Black? Uri Blass 07:21:20 02/06/03
  • Re: Was Junior lucky to have been playing Black? Louis Fagliano 08:31:36 02/06/03
    • Re: Was Junior lucky to have been playing Black? Uri Blass 08:35:28 02/06/03
      • Re: Was Junior lucky to have been playing Black? Louis Fagliano 09:35:48 02/06/03

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