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Subject: Re: underpromotion?

Author: blass uri

Date: 15:34:12 01/19/99

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On January 19, 1999 at 16:31:56, greg moller wrote:

>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
When?   the end of 1997(november or december)
Where?  paris.
Junior4.5 won the chamionship and not Junior5

Uri



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