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Subject: Re: Hurray!(I am not sure if it is a good test position)

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:47:26 10/01/01

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On October 01, 2001 at 15:06:39, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>On October 01, 2001 at 11:58:01, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>Looks like Yace has been paying attention to my "split passed pawns" and
>>"distant passers on both sides of the board" scoring stuff.
>
>No. I don't even know, what you mean by "split passed pawns". Actually, I think,
>we are doing these things very differently.
>


in a king and pawn (only) ending, having two connected passed pawns is
_far_ worse than having two separated (or split passed pawns.  IE I have a
pawn at a2 and h2, you have connected passers at d7/e7.  I win easily.  A
single king can stop both pawns if they are connected.  A single king has no
hope with passed pawns that are split.  The wider the "gap" the easier the
win.




>>Based on the
>>starting position.  Black is just lost.
>
>Yes.
>
>Regards,
>Dieter



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