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Subject: Re: Can not computers invent sacrifices?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 21:02:07 08/04/03

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On August 04, 2003 at 14:06:51, Erik Bergren wrote:

>I have never heard of "speculative evaluation".
>I suppose it varies the scoring for positional
>advantages to select the move?


No, it just means "positional terms" can add up to more than a pawn so that
a pawn can be given up for that supposed positional edge...

Or a piece given up for two pawns + some compensation.

Speculative means that it is not a sure-fire way to win, it just "looks"
promising.



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