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Subject: Re: Positional chess

Author: Lonnie Cook

Date: 17:44:20 12/07/99

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On December 07, 1999 at 11:20:10, William H Rogers wrote:

>I once read an article about Grand Masters and the way that they looked at the
>chess board.  It was noted that they did not see any more than the average chess
>player, but the one thing that they did do was spot positions of power.
>They were able to see positions that were forming power groups that controlled a
>portion of the chess board and then they counter attacked.  After interviewing
>them, they stated that control of the chess board was the single most important
>thing, and that included the build up of power points to control various
>positions on the board.  This they concluded, gave them the chance to seek
>aggressive attacks on the enemy and go for a win!  This king of positional
>planning is one of the major features that are missing from most chess engines,
>and I suppose that in time someone will figure it out.  I have worked on such a
>algorithm for a little while now, but it is nowhere complete.
>I think that when chess programmers figure out how to implement this into their
>programs, it will be all over for human players.
>Bill

Bill,
Sounds interesting. I assume its based on some form of square control. I think
HIARCS is very good on doing this



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