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Subject: Re: Repost from r.g.c.c -- do pawns change their value as they advance?

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 14:23:20 09/26/98

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On September 25, 1998 at 18:04:35, Danniel Corbit wrote:

>Here is a position from the kurrent kkup2 kontest from
>http://www.gambitsoft.com/kup/chess1/index1.html [which I have carped about
>before]:
>[Event "Komputer Kup 2"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "1998.2.9"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Crafty (C)"]
>[Black "Rebel 9 (C)"]
>[Result "*"]
>
>1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8.
>Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. g3
>Bd7 15. Rhe1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qe2 b5 18. Qxc4 bxc4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5
>Raf8 21. Ne4 Rh6 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Rd2 Kf7 24. h4 Re8 25. b3 cxb3 26. axb3 Re7
>27. Re3 Rc7 28. Nd3 Rf6 29. Ne5+ Ke7 30. Rde2 Kd6 31. Re1 Ba6 32. Kd2 Bb5 33.
>Ra1 d4 34. Ree1 Rf5 35. Kc1 Rc3 36. Rxa7 Rxg3 37. Nf7+ Kd5 38. Ng5 h6 39. Nxe6
>Re3 40. Nc7+ Ke4 41. Rg1 Rf3 42. Rxg7 R3xf4 43. Ra5 Bf1 44. Re7+ Kf3 45. Rxf5
>Rxf5 46. Ne6 Ke4 47. Ng7+ Re5 48. Rxe5+ Kxe5 49. Kd2 Bb5 50. Nh5 Be8 51. Ng3
>Bd7 52. Ne2 Ke4 53. Nc1 Be8 54. Nd3 Bb5 55. Nb2 Kd5 *
>
>I like:
>56. c4+
>
>Crafty played:
>56. Kc1

The current pawn count is three to two, with white ahead a pawn.  I see that
black's pawn on d4 is doing something, but I don't see that it is winning the
game, it seems to be trying to draw the game.

If you play c4+, you end up losing the h4 pawn, so there is one on each side.  I
would rather have the bishop in this case.  Perhaps I am wrong, maybe white can
advance the pawn and mask it from capture, so that it can queen, but it seems
like a more equal race.

I'd rather be up a pawn and not be able to think of a way to make progress than
have the material reduced and even.

Did I miss something?

bruce



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