Author: Pete Melissakis
Date: 10:31:10 01/11/04
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Well, positional evaluations are proven correct by calculation. So that that after calculation proves a move correct, the positional principals are then postulated. Even these principals take a back seat to tactical considerations. So the question arises in openings and middlegames do positional principals belong in opening theory rather than general principals? In endgames positional principals are proven by calculation. Computers are weak in so-called positional knowlege but are very good at calculation, and contain very deep opening books and endgame tables. Couldn't it be said that positional evaluation is calculation plus home preparation? And for one to defeat a computer one has to defeat its opening book by home preparation? And this results in the assumption that positional knowlege was the determining factor for the victory? Pete Melissakis
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