Author: Larry Griffiths
Date: 13:30:19 10/01/00
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On October 01, 2000 at 05:14:42, Mike Adams wrote: >On October 01, 2000 at 04:48:41, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On October 01, 2000 at 04:20:46, Mike Adams wrote: >> >>> I've noticed that pulsar thinks the doubled pawns are worth more than the >>>danger of exposing its castle. When its white and castles kingside this is >>>particular dangerous when it opens the H file especially if the rook is sitting >>>right there on H8. I'm not as concerned about the F and G files because I think >>>it can better defend these files but it can be very difficult to moblize the >>>pieces to defend the H file. Should i put a penalty in at 1.5 times the doubled >>>pawn bonus? >> >>Chess is not a simple game. >>There are cases when open h file is not dangerous inspite of castling in the >>king side and there are cases when open f file is dangerous. >> >>I think that it is impossible to answer your question because the right panelty >>for open file should be dependent in the rest of the evaluation. >> >>Uri > >yes but take a look at this position. pulsar is black and it plays Nxg3. > >[D] r1bq1rk1/ppp2p2/2n4p/3pP1pn/3P4/2P2NB1/P1P1B1PP/R2QK2R b KQ - 0 14 > > Im not a GrandMaster, but I think that having the H and G pawns advanced so far in front of your King is a really bad idea. I try to keep the side pawns from advancing until the endgame in my program. I still have a problem where I castle sometimes on a side that has advanced A,B,G or H pawns. Larry.
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