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Subject: Re: underpromotion?

Author: greg moller

Date: 13:31:56 01/19/99

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On January 19, 1999 at 01:05:41, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote:

>As other post answer the question of underpromotion, I think I'll mention that
>when people here bring it up, its usually in relation to the Junior program,
>which does not yet have the code for reconizing when it would be more benificial
>to underpromote in order to win the game more quickly, or at all. (Just about
>every other top program does calculate underpromotion lines)
>
>Amazingly, the program appears to play incredibly strongly anyway, (Kramnik said
>some complimentry stuff about it in the last Chess Base Magazine, and it has won
>the World Micro Computer Championship), and so people wonder how much even more
>strong it might be if this small feature is added to the next version.
>
>mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict!


When and where was the World Micro Computer Championship won by Junior5 held ?

Thanks, greg



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