Author: Jason Kent
Date: 09:23:48 07/21/04
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On July 21, 2004 at 11:42:45, Tom Brake wrote: >On July 21, 2004 at 11:10:06, Jason Kent wrote: > >>STYLE >>material/positional -7 >>selective search 12 >> >>POSITIONAL >>CC = 120/120 >>MOB = 145/145 >>KS = 155/155 >>PP = 130/130 >>PW = 130/130 >> >>MATERIAL >>own queen = 10.0 >>opp queen = 9.9 >>rook = 5.4/5.4 >>bishop = 3.3/3.3 >>knight = 3.3/3.3 >>pawn = 1.1/1.1 > >The positional and Material settings look similar to a setting I've been using >and getting good results with. The Style is a little more aggressive and I've >devalued pawns and pawn weakness a bit to help in opening up attacks. I also >bumped the queen up a bit because CM9K had a tendency to swap a queen for two >rooks in the middlegame and it's usually not worth it. Mobility isn't as >important, I've found. > >In a lot of test positions posted here it comes in on my Athlon 1200 about as >fast as SKR does on Merlinos Athlon 2400: > >STYLE >Attacker/Defender -10 >material/positional 10 >selective search 12 > >POSITIONAL >CC = 120/120 >MOB = 105/105 >KS = 155/155 >PP = 125/125 >PW = 93/93 > >MATERIAL >own queen = 11.0 >opp queen = 10.9 >rook = 5.2/5.2 >bishop = 3.1/3.1 >knight = 3.0/3.0 >pawn = .9/.9 It sounds like your settings would produce quite a few gambits. Do you run into unsound gambits often? I may try lowering the mobility for my next setting. While I think trading the queen for two rooks is sometimes damaging to your position, I think many times it is a good idea.
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