Author: Graham Banks
Date: 20:57:27 07/21/05
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On July 21, 2005 at 21:14:53, Juan Pablo Naar C. wrote: >On July 21, 2005 at 20:27:34, Juan Pablo Naar C. wrote: > >>On July 21, 2005 at 18:34:24, Graham Banks wrote: >> >>>On July 21, 2005 at 18:20:19, Juan Pablo Naar C. wrote: >>> >>>>On July 20, 2005 at 16:10:42, Graham Banks wrote: >>>> >>>>>On July 20, 2005 at 15:55:14, Graham Banks wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On July 20, 2005 at 13:03:55, Juan Pablo Naar C. wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On July 20, 2005 at 04:24:57, Graham Banks wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On July 20, 2005 at 01:33:51, Juan Pablo Naar C. wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Hi, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>What does the mobility setting in CM do? What affects it? What happens if it is >>>>>>>>>slow, high? I ask the same question about the other opposing settings. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Control of centre = how much importance CM places on keeping control of the >>>>>>>>centre or preventing the opponent from doing the same. CM10th is very good at >>>>>>>>flank play, but neglects the centre a little at times. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Mobility = activity and spatial control. CM is already quite active, but needs >>>>>>>>to restrict the opponent a little more than it does. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>King safety = maintaining pieces not too far away from being available to defend >>>>>>>>its own king or concentrating play more strongly on the opposing king. CM10th is >>>>>>>>much better at both than CM9000 was. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Passed pawns = importance attached at creating and pushing its own passed pawns >>>>>>>>or preventing the opponent from doing the same. A real area of weakness for >>>>>>>>CM10th is in underestimating the value of oposing passed pawns and not always >>>>>>>>having sufficient protection for its own. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Pawn weaknesses = the importance placed on maintaining pawn chains/islands and >>>>>>>>avoiding doubled/islolated pawns. CM10th is quite good in this area. If you bump >>>>>>>>the value of this setting up too much, you could get closed/semi-closed >>>>>>>>positions which don't suit computers. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Just my thoughts, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Regards, Graham. >>>>>>>Thanks for the information, but i'm not clear about what the Opposing XXX do. >>>>>>>Does Opposing XXX prevents the opponent to XXX in all settings? Also, in the >>>>>>>Fritz GUI, is there any way to use the CMx own book there? >>>>>>>Thanks in Advance >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>The opposing value (opp=opponent) is the importance placed on taking those >>>>>>particular areas of the opponents play into consideration. >>>>>>The CM10th book can be used under Fritz. I'll email it to you. >>>>>> >>>>>>Graham. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I should really expand on my statement. >>>>> >>>>>oppcc=restricting opponents control of centre >>>>>oppmob=restricting opponents mobility >>>>>oppks=aggressiveness towards opponents king >>>>>opppp=importance placed on prevention of opponents passed pawns or restricting >>>>>their movement. >>>>>opppw=importance placed on creating pawn weaknesses in the opponents position. >>>>> >>>>>Graham. >>>> >>>>Thanks for your information Graham, but I haven't received your mail about how >>>>to use CM10th book under Fritz. Are you gonna email me the way or do you have >>>>the book in the .ctg format? >>> >>> >>>Hi Juan, >>> >>>I tried emailing it to you, but I got a delivery failed message. Is your email >>>address the same as in your profile? >>> >>>Graham. >> >>Yes Graham, my mail is exactly the one in my profile. I don't know what the >>problem could be, maybe an internet/hotmail error? Who knows. But, can you >>please try again? >> >>Thanks in Advance > >Hi Graham, > >It works! So I guess that it was a hotmail error :-) But Phase 1 of 2 is taking >a long while in my Duron 1.0ghz. > >Thanks for all! Glad to hear you've got it working. Graham.
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