Author: Matthew White
Date: 13:34:34 03/14/03
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On March 14, 2003 at 14:19:28, Ed Panek wrote: >On March 14, 2003 at 13:35:55, Will Strickland wrote: > >>Hi all. Just curious as to what some of you feel are the best current programs >>for evaluating closed positions(locked pawn chains and semi-locked pawn chains, >>etc...). And which of the top programs demonstrate a major weakness in this >>area? I know that programs, in general, suffer in closed positions compared to >>open ones. But how would you rate the performance of Fritz, Shredder, Tiger, >>Junior, Hiarcs, Chessmaster, Crafty, Ruffian, etc... in such positions? Thanks. >> >>Will > > >Actually Crafty seems fairly good in these types of positions. Especially where >a pawn break can occur. > > >Ed My recollection from reading Crafty's code was that it actually tries to avoid pawn rams. I am not sure that Crafty tries to improve the space advantage with a closed center, though I could be wrong. Matt
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