Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 04:18:47 04/21/04
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On April 21, 2004 at 06:55:57, Sune Fischer wrote: >>Tord does not extend every mate threat and if I understand correctly the >>rule is basically to extend mate threats only if you evaluate the side that >>threat mate to be the inferior side. Correct. >Yes I guess Tord does not believe that the best defense is an offense :) Huh? Precisely the opposite is true. I extend aggressive moves more when the side to move has the disadvantage, and defensive moves (like replies to mate threats) more when the side to move has the advantage. >One thing to consider is that playing defense usually means handing over the >initiative so the game will be prolonged, I think there is a risk factor in >that somewhere. I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to say here, and how it relates to our discussion ... Tord
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