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Subject: Re: Still Missing the Point [even more so now]

Author: blass uri

Date: 21:49:49 05/17/00

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On May 18, 2000 at 00:09:24, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>On May 17, 2000 at 20:50:05, Adrien Regimbald wrote:
>
>>I don't think you are such a horrible chess player that you don't know that a 2
>>pawn advantage without knowing what the situation is on the rest of the board is
>>completely meaningless information.
>>
>>
>>Regards,
>>Adrien.
>
>Your claim that a "2 pawn advantage without knowing what the situation is on the
>rest of the board is completely meaningless information" is complete garbage.
>Material is the _primary_ criteria for assessing a position.
>
>Dave

There are cases when the side with 2 pawns advantage is losing.
Only knowing the material advantage is not enough to come to conclusions.

Uri



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