Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 20:58:04 01/19/99
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On January 19, 1999 at 18:34:12, blass uri wrote: > >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 Which makes 32 bit Junior 5 even stronger then 16 bit Junior 4.5, right. And I think I read somewhere that the algorithms were slightly enhanced too? But it still has that underpromotion thing missing, which may or may not have a serious effect on its overall chess strength... mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict!
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