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Subject: Re: Testposition King Safety ( or maybe something else)

Author: Peter Berger

Date: 10:24:23 08/29/01

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On August 29, 2001 at 12:43:59, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>It was no real point. Just another remark. I think, we agree in all points.
>I probably just would formulate it a bit different. I think, it is pure tactics,
>not so much king safety. The KS values should give hints, I think. But only the
>tactics can really solve this.
>
>I guess many engines may find a 0.0 score after Kd6 and after Ke8 for a while.
>The one, that is tried first, will be choosen. If an engine smells a bit trouble
>after Kd6 early (say slightly negative score), of course Ke8 will be choosen.
>Then eventually a big fail low comes. An engine, that chooses to solve the fail
>low first, before trying other moves, will need lots of time for this as well.
>All a matter of a few centi pawns in evaluation. The same may be true for
>finding f3 after Ke8.
>
>Regards,
>Dieter

So you _did_ have a point here and I am happy I asked :). Thanks for this
interesting and convincing explanation.

pete



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