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Subject: Re: null move efficiency

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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