Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:36:51 01/13/04
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On January 12, 2004 at 23:41:01, Russell Reagan wrote: >On January 12, 2004 at 20:28:47, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 12, 2004 at 17:05:06, Russell Reagan wrote: >> >>>On January 12, 2004 at 10:02:07, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>Watch out about "connected passers." >>>> >>>>give white two pawns on d2/e2. Give black two pawns on a2/h2. Both kings >>>>in the center. Which side do you like? :) > >>>Wouldn't appropriately initialized piece square tables still give the black >>>pawns on the 2nd rank a much higher score than white connected pawns on the 2nd >>>rank? > >>If they are that advanced, yes. But here I was describing a position where >>all pawns are on their original ranks. And on occasion, the two connected >>passers are better, but the king has to be up supporting them so they can't >>be stopped. > >Maybe I'm confused about the position. I thought you meant this: > >[D]4k3/8/8/8/8/8/p2PP2p/4K3 w - - 0 1 > >But maybe you meant this? > >[D]4k3/p6p/8/8/8/8/3PP3/4K3 w - - 0 1 Correct. The first is trivially won for black. The second is positionally won since white can't stop both black pawns with nothing but the king, while black can blockade white's pawns and make the king come up and help. Each king move by white to support the advance of his pawns lets black push a pawn.
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