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Subject: Re: PostModernist vs Amateur

Author: Rosa Ponselle

Date: 06:11:42 09/18/03

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>>Hmmm.. that's a bit like saying you liked the tornado because you escaped alive.
>
>I liked the game because despite being two pawns down, PM never considered its
>position to be dubious. I don't think its position was ever dubious, despite the
>material deficit. I like games like that. I've seen lots and lots of cases where
>PM has given up pawns for an attack that dissipates and is followed by a bad
>loss. This wasn't one of those, which is why I liked it.
>

One reason PM is a personal favorite of mine. There are other engines that play
better chess but I always find PM games exciting and another reason why I was so
glad Andrew finally released it. Another personal favorite is Tao which also
that doesn't seem to bothered by material loss as long as there are positional
pluses. And the granddaddy of them all CST (1&2) that I still have today of
course :). More's the pity it's not winboard compatible.



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