canned attacks on the a and h files against a castled positi
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canned attacks on the a and h files against a castled positi
After numerous losses by myself and others (actually 100%) since some recent changes, I tried something at 1-second-per-move by the program and defeated it with the canonical canned attack on the h file against the castled program. As it was only looking about 8-9 ply deep in these 1-second searches, I am looking for some approach to catch those. I could provide the game listing but don't think you need it for your comments/responses.
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Re: canned attacks on the a and h files against a castled po
The classic response to a wing attack is a counter attack in the centre.
This doesn't work if the centre is blocked, of course, but since this is a well-known anti-computer strategy, the program could defend against trying to reach such positions. Of course, this would have to start with the opening book.
This doesn't work if the centre is blocked, of course, but since this is a well-known anti-computer strategy, the program could defend against trying to reach such positions. Of course, this would have to start with the opening book.
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Re: canned attacks on the a and h files against a castled po
The best defense is enough depth,but I recall crafty had special evaluaton code for a so-called trojan knight.smcracraft wrote:After numerous losses by myself and others (actually 100%) since some recent changes, I tried something at 1-second-per-move by the program and defeated it with the canonical canned attack on the h file against the castled program. As it was only looking about 8-9 ply deep in these 1-second searches, I am looking for some approach to catch those. I could provide the game listing but don't think you need it for your comments/responses.