Author: KarinsDad
Date: 09:40:21 06/08/99
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On June 07, 1999 at 19:26:13, Marc Plum wrote: >On June 07, 1999 at 06:32:39, Harald Faber wrote: > >(snip) >>How often did you have a position where underpromotion was best move? >> >>I don't miss this "feature". > >Seems to me that this misses the point. > >Underpromotions are part of the game of chess, although admittedly a fairly >minor one. I don't like a programmer rewriting the rules of the game for his >own convenience, even if, hypothetically, his program will be more successful as >a result. > >I have all due respect for Messrs. Ban and Bushinsky, who have written a first >rate program. Junior can accept a few (very few) unnecessary draws and losses >as the result of its blind spot, and still be a top performer. > >I prefer it when the programmer accepts the game as it is, and tries to make his >brainchild play as well as possible within that framework. > >Marc Plum > >P.S. > >Interesting article on Bishop and Rook underpromotions at >http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/minor.htm
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