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Subject: Re: two kinky positions

Author: Ernst A. Heinz

Date: 15:55:38 05/17/00

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Hi Dann,

>>"DarkThought WMCC'99" locks onto Bxa7 from the start and scores
>>it as +1.21 for White after iteration #14.
>>
>>14.01 Bxa7 b6 a4 Kb7 =1.21 #127027547
>
>You must have a pretty amazing evaluation to find it from the start.

No, not really -- we mostly rely on the search to resolve the
"trapped Bishop" scenarios. In this particular case, there are
so many options to defend the "trapped Bishop" on a7 that the
search simply grabs the undefended Pawn because it does not see
any threat to lose the Bishop within its lookahead horizon.

BTW, I really like the maneuver Bxa7 - a4 - Nb5 as suggested by
"DarkThought" for White. It does not only defend the Bishop on
a7 but it also starts a Queen-side attack and Pawn storm which
looks quite dangerous for Black ...

=Ernst=



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