Author: Peter Berger
Date: 07:23:50 09/20/03
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On September 19, 2003 at 21:24:10, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On September 19, 2003 at 16:58:05, Peter Berger wrote: > >>On September 19, 2003 at 14:58:53, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>On September 19, 2003 at 11:35:32, Peter Berger wrote: >>> >>>>On September 19, 2003 at 11:14:29, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>>> > >>6k1/7p/4r3/R7/3P1bb1/2P3N1/1P3K1P/8 b - - 0 1 > >Duh another endgame derived from Spanish opening (ruy lopez), Marshall if i may >guess :) Yep. Pretty typical, agreed. > >Why was this so relevant for you if i may ask? It is from one of my own games, and I am fascinated with the backward analysis feature of Yace. So I tried to prove a significant score in post-mortem. > >2 bishops against a poor knight. Even diep agrees after a few minutes that black >is winning. It says at 12 ply here black up 0.279 and that despite it loving >passers and white having 3 pawns versus piece so that says enough. I take it you are joking :). Anyway, I was surprised that the h-pawn is enough to win and that the first move does matter. But then I am no master player. This is the one José was talking about btw, I guess you will remember when you see it: Topalov,V - Shirov,A [D]8/8/4kpp1/3p1b2/p6P/2B5/6P1/6K1 b - - 0 1 Another endgame :).
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