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

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 09:26:27 10/02/01

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On October 01, 2001 at 15:47:26, Robert Hyatt wrote:

[split passed pawns]
>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.

Thanks. Well, Yace does not have this knowledge. But it is on my todo list since
some time. I have not seen a problem with this in a real game yet, but one user
has recognized a wrong PV (losing PV in won position), where exactly this was
the problem.

Regards,
Dieter




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