Author: Will Singleton
Date: 12:44:45 04/06/00
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On April 06, 2000 at 05:24:57, Andrew Williams wrote: >On April 05, 2000 at 12:59:30, Mark Ryan wrote: > >>Leko (2670) - Beliavsky (2690), Madrid 1998 >> >>[D]3q1kr1/3n1p2/2p3p1/p2pPB2/3P4/2P1K1Q1/Pr3P2/6RR b - - >> >>Leko: "Thanks to my good structure and the light-squared bishop my king is safe >>in the centre, whereas the black king has nowhere to go." Beliavsky played >>29...Nb6, after which Leko says White has "the upper hand". However, after 5 >>minutes of analysis each, before and after 29...Nb6, the position is evaluated >>as equal by my aging programs, Fritz 5.32, Comet B02, Doctor 3.0, and Crafty >>16.6 (I really should upgrade these old war horses); Hiarcs 7.32 gives White a >>slight advantage. [Leko won the game six moves later.] >>Cheers, >>Mark > >I find this position really interesting. PostModernist's static evaluation >of the position is +1.47 for White, which is mostly based on Black's >King position. This sounds reasonable (even a little conservative) given the >outcome of the game. > >But a d12 search from this position indicates that White is winning by only >0.33 or so. Certainly PM has no inkling of Black's impending doom. I'd be >interested in the static evaluation of this position by other programs. > >Andrew Amateur more or less goes along with you. Static eval is 1.57, and after a 10 ply search it gives 0.70. It likes Nb6. I analyzed the given position, not after Nb6. Will
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