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Subject: Re: About the Sense -or non sense- of Stonewalling to Survive a Computer

Author: Madhavan

Date: 00:50:13 07/16/05

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On July 16, 2005 at 01:20:47, Dan Honeycutt wrote:

>Hi Fernando
>
>Up to about Sargon II, I could beat the engines.  So I played like you.  Sargon
>was not bad tactically, but played a pitiful endgame.  I played right into its
>strengths and avoided exploiting its weaknesses.

Sargon is the old OLD DOS progam right?Is it available for download somewhere?

>Now it's different.  If an engine somehow manages to screw up the opening bad
>enough to lose to me, it better never play that line again.  If it does, it is
>going to lose the exact same game.  I show them no mercy.

hmmm.what rating do you estimate?

>Best
>Dan H.

• Re: About the Sense -or non sense- of Stonewalling to Survive a Computer Dan Honeycutt 04:18:09 07/16/05
  • Re: About the Sense -or non sense- of Stonewalling to Survive a Computer Madhavan 04:53:48 07/16/05
    • Re: About the Sense -or non sense- of Stonewalling to Survive a Computer Dan Honeycutt 14:00:13 07/16/05

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