Author: Howard Exner
Date: 15:36:42 09/20/99
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On September 20, 1999 at 14:42:27, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >Here are a couple of examples: > > +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ > 8 | | | | | | | *K| | > +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ > 7 | *P| *P| | | | *P| *P| *P| > +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ > 6 | | | | | | | | | > +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ > 5 | | | | | | | | | > +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ > 4 | | | | | | | | | > +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ > 3 | | | | | | | P | | > +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ > 2 | P | P | P | | | | P | | > +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ > 1 | | | | | | | K | | > +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ > a b c d e f g h > > >(fen 6k1/pp3ppp/8/8/8/6P1/PPP3P1/6K1/ w) > >old (16.18 crafty) evaluates this as -36 (black is better) because of >those two doubled kingside pawns. new crafty says +.36 because white has >a potential outside passer on the c file, black can't force a passer without >the king helping. Better... Black can force a passer here without the king's help. Try the below artificial (and illegal) example on crafty. It will test whether black can force a passer without the king's help. It has that same pawn configuration on the king's side. 1kb5/1p1p1ppp/1P1P4/8/8/1p1p2P1/1P1P2P1/K1B5 w
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