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Subject: Re: Junior: really a 2554 program as SSDF list claims?

Author: Jouni Uski

Date: 00:41:19 02/15/99

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On February 15, 1999 at 03:31:11, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On February 15, 1999 at 03:22:50, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>In was quite surprised, that in two consecutine(!) tournament game between
>>Junior 5 and Crafty 16.3 Junior eats a7 pawn with bishop. So after b6 bishop is
>>lost. I have never seen Mchess or Rebel even considering that. Hmmm...
>Each and every program is going to have strengths and weaknesses.  You may have
>found a flaw in the opening book.  Such things are easily corrected.  Why don't
>you post the pgn of the games up to the faux-pas.  It may prove valuable to the
>Junior programmers.
>
>At any rate, Junior is clearly an unmistakeably one of the strongest PC programs
>at playing chess.

Both games were played without books. PC is only P90, but I think You should
avoid Bxa7 type moves even in blitz.



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