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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