Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:06:21 10/01/01
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On October 01, 2001 at 14:28:35, Uri Blass wrote: >>No but most of the endgames are not pawn endgames. > >I do not say that I never saw Junior play endgames. >I say that I never saw it plays pawn endgames against humans. > >It is not enough to get an endgame in order to take advantage of Junior's >weaknesses in some kind of pawn endgames and GM's need also to get into >positions when pawn endgames that Junior does not understand are relevant in the >search. > >Amir also did not say that endgames are not important and that he has nothing to >fix in endgames and he talked about pawn endgames. > >I remember that Junior got endgames that are not pawn endgames in at least one >of it's tournament game against humans. > >It was an endgame when both sides had knights and trading for pawn endgames was >not relevant in that case. > >Uri That is the critical case to handle however. Suppose it is a pawn down. And it finds a way to trade knights and win that pawn back. And it ends up in a dead lost pawn ending because of the opponent's distant majority... If you don't know a lot about king and pawn endings, you had better _not_ get into king and pawn + 1 minor piece endings. It is _all_ about king and pawns there...
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