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Subject: Re: Good Test Move...

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 14:21:26 02/11/99

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On February 10, 1999 at 07:48:22, Dusan Dobes wrote:

>On February 10, 1999 at 05:18:48, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>Hi Dusan! After testing Phalanx in couple of days I must say that it's
>>tactically unbelievable fast. In ECMF5 testsuite it scores almost same result
>>as Fritz5 and Junior5!! And it beats Nimzo, Rebel, Mchess, Genius by far in
>>same suite.
>
>Oh, thanks :-).  Good Phalanx's results in tactical test suites are often
>achieved via huge king safety bonuses.  And material sacrifices for king
>safety are always correct in test suites (that's the way how the positions
>are selected), but not in practical games.  Maybe pawngrabber style would
>be stronger but I prefer high risk of incorrect sacrifice and 'king hunting'.
Can Phalanx be used for EPD test analysis (EPD in / EPD out)?
If so, it might be a very excellent addition to the C.A.P. project.




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