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Subject: Re: Rule change allowing pawns to go back make computer weaker vs humans?

Author: Roger D Davis

Date: 11:38:36 12/14/05

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On December 14, 2005 at 11:12:03, emerson tan wrote:

>There are a lot of proposals of rule change to make humans be able to compete
>with computers, some even suggested giving humans pawn odds. I read before in a
>chess cafe article that by simply making a rule change of allowing pawns to go
>back would change the game but the appeal is still there. The person mention
>that in real warfare, you can retreat and regroup. If a pawn storm doesnt work,
>you can reorganize. Now the question is, with pawns being able to go back, the
>game will become more strategic, maybe humans can compete vs computers more.

I think it's an interesting idea...would the pawns be able to capture diagonally
behind them, as well?



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