Describing one competitive advantage of IBM's Deep Blue chess computer. It has no fear.
Yasser SeirawanThroughout chess history, great debates have raged about the pros and cons of hanging pawns. The debates are nonsense; the answer is cut and dried. If the pawns can be attacked and forced to move forward, they are weak. If they can be defended and remain where they are, they are strong.
Yasser Seirawan