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Subject: Re: ECM errata

Author: Ernst A. Heinz

Date: 10:02:00 01/22/98

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On January 22, 1998 at 12:40:42, Amir Ban wrote:

>On January 22, 1998 at 10:33:44, Ernst A. Heinz wrote:
>
>>On January 22, 1998 at 10:14:41, Amir Ban wrote:
>>
>>>On January 22, 1998 at 09:40:44, Ernst A. Heinz wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 21, 1998 at 10:01:25, Amir Ban wrote:
>>>>
>
>>"DarkThought" quickly fails high after 3. Bf3 when playing Black and
>>scores the resulting position as +1.8 after iteration #12.
>>
>>PV = 3. Bf3 Rxc2+ 4. Qxc2 Nd3+ 5. Rxd3 Qxg1+ 6. Rd1 Rxc2+ 7. Kxc2 Qc5+
>>     8. Kb3 ...
>>
>
>We must be doing evaluations differently. I followed your line. The
>material balance is white R+B+N vs. black Q+P and black will win another
>pawn. I evaluate it to about +0.5 for black.

R+B+N = 5+3+3 = 11 (roughly) and Q+P+P = 10+1+1 = 12 (roughly) --> +1

And if the white king must really go to b3, it is quite exposed ...

=Ernst=




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