Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 15:50:56 01/16/04
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On January 16, 2004 at 18:50:22, Dann Corbit wrote: >On January 16, 2004 at 18:17:13, Dmitri wrote: > >>Hello, >> >>I am new here, but I read a little about chess software before. My question has >>to do with programs ability to tell if the position is slow (closed pawn mid >>game, technical endgame with "waiting" moves etc.) or sharp (open positions of >>king's gambit, fried liver etc.). Now pruning and other move filters that work >>well in some positions will not work well in others. So, reason I bring this up >>is my Fritz 8 has these settings and to me it looks like they are constant >>through the game, opening to endgame. Can programs adjust these to suit the need >>of the position, and if not why not? Of course there are special cases and >>special cases of special cases, but still it might be a good try to improve >>play. > >Anything you can do with your eyes and brain, you can do with a computer if you >can explain it as instructions that a computer can follow. > >Most programs have some notion of pawn structure. I am guessing almost every >program will recognize this as closed: >[D]r6q/3k4/3p3p/p1pPp1pP/PpP1PpP1/1P3P2/8/1Q2KR2 w - - >and this as open: >[D]3k1rbr/3pn3/2p5/8/8/4N3/3B4/Q2K1N2 w - - >based on pawns alone. > >But other positions will be a lot more difficult. Many programs will also boost >the value of a bishop in open positions and a knight in closed positions.
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