Author: Uri Blass
Date: 07:21:20 02/06/03
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On February 06, 2003 at 10:06:26, Louis Fagliano wrote: >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? No need for a new algorithm If the computer see negative evaluation it will go for a draw and if it is positive it will not go for a draw. If the computer is black it will see negative evaluation in more cases. Uri
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