Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 11:31:12 08/04/99
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On August 04, 1999 at 02:42:11, Pete Galati wrote: >On August 03, 1999 at 23:19:01, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>I see that the program Pierre has implemented something very much like what I >>had in mind. He also seems to give more value to centralized pawns. >>This is from the Pierre header file pcsq.h: > >If given a choice of which pawn to capture with it's probably a better idea to >use the pawn that captures towards the center, somewhat standard human tactics. > >Pete This is often-quoted advice, but I question its utility on its own. Andy Soltis has commented that while the statement is true, 35% of the time it is correct to capture away from the centre. Certainly, any term that encourages captures towards the centre shouldn't be large. Dave
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