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Subject: Re: Zugzwang!

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 15:16:24 07/28/99

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On July 28, 1999 at 17:50:51, Kristo Miettinen wrote:

>The position is the opening array, all pieces in their initial positions. The
>explanation about the eight pawns makes sense, intending to steer Crafty into
>open waters (on the assumption that the opponent is human?)
>
>I was looking into this on a whim, as I use the advantage of White in the
>opening position as my quantum of positional value (on which scale the value of
>a pawn is 6 quanta for me).
Here is the C.A.P. record for that position.

rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - acd 15; ce -7; pv e4 e6 Nf3
Bb4 Nc3 Ne7 Bc4 Nbc6 O-O O-O d4 Bxc3 bxc3 Na5 Bb5; pm e4; id "C.A.P. 4028";

I bet you never knew crafty was French.

Crafty thinks it is behind by 7 one hundredths of a pawn.  This is obviously
conservative because white has a tempo at least.  But I don't think that it is
grossly inaccurate.



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