Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 18:42:29 02/05/99
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On February 05, 1999 at 21:05:22, Dann Corbit wrote: >On February 05, 1999 at 20:59:54, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >[snip] >>Now I agree with you :)) You are quite right on this -- playing the wretched >>8...Bxc3 does not mean at all that a program is weak. It only means that there >>is a large area of chess programming that has yet to be explored and >>encapsulated within a better algorithm. I never intended to say that Hiarcs 7, >>Wchess or Fritz are "poor" -- if I made it sound that way, I apologise. >I think you should be sentenced to play them each a game on a PII 300Mhz. I >found it rather humbling against the decidedly non-pansy GNUChess. >;-) > >BTW, what about Bd7 compared to the Knight move? Hello there Dann, Yes, 8...Bd7 seems reasonable. But, if you really get into it, then you will see that a. Black is still rather undeveloped on its King's flank. b.Black (program X) may get ideas about capturing on c3 again :)) c. Black may opt for the queenside castling quite easily which would put him in jeopardy due to its awkwardly placed Queen and undeveloped queen flank, etc. Thus, I propose 8... Nf6 as a very rational move, paving the way for the kingside castling. And then, Black should try to get its Queen out of the way, say to a5... About those progs you mentioned, and playing them on a PII-300: thanks a lot, I decline. In public I mean. But I love playing them when no one is observing. Taking moves back, gloating in a victory after about 100 takebacks. Then doing it again. Ego inflating. Good for the morale. Joking aside: GNU is no pansy. I cannot beat GNU in a blitz match on my PII-350, blitz at G/5. I win games from time to time, that's all. Dann, whatever happened to that saved win you promised. A win agains the pansy??? Is it coming soon, in PGN format, posted to this forum, or have you given up? Regards, Djordje
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