Author: Mike Taylor
Date: 12:09:29 05/27/04
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On May 27, 2004 at 12:19:31, Robin Smith wrote: >On May 26, 2004 at 16:20:58, Mike Taylor wrote: > >> >>Two of the Chapter topics are: >> >>1) King Drift >> >>2) Prison >> >>Can someone inform me what these concepts are in chess. I thought I had a good >>foundation for the game until now -:) > >Hi Mike, > >Neither of these terms is in pre-existing chess literature. Your foundation is >fine. :-) > >A "prison" is a term I use to describe certain structures that involve >permanently immobilizing one or more pieces. I think the traditional term >"trapped piece" is typically only applied to pieces that are contained in some >way (most often by pawns), where attempting to leave the trap will result in >capture of the trapped piece. I have not seen the term trapped piece applied to >situations where they cannot move beyond a certain range due to pins or other >threats, even when those threats are permanent in nature. My intension is for >the term prison to be more generally applicable to any form of permanently >immobilized piece(s). For example, in a king and pawn ending where one of the >kings must stay within a certain area to prevent a pawn promotion, that king is >in a prison, but not trapped. Plus I think a chapter on "prisons" sounds better >than a chapter on "trapped pieces". > >"King drift" is a term coined by a friend of mine many years ago, that describes >gradual king attack buildups of the kind that are particularly effective against >computers. As I'm sure most of the readers here are aware, you slowly drift your >pieces and pawns towards the enemy king (or with long range pieces, aiming at >the enemy king). Traditionally people would call it a gradual king-side buildup, >or preparation for a king attack, or some such. I liked my friend’s term, "king >drift". > > >Robin Hi Robin, Thanks for responding. Kingside attacks use to be an effective weapon against computer chess programs, but that issue has been correct in the top programs. Would u please provide an example of a game u have played against a recently released top chess program ? I like the term 'prison' too, but nobody uses it !! Cordially
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