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Subject: Re: KRBKPP

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 12:30:27 11/01/01

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On November 01, 2001 at 11:09:01, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On November 01, 2001 at 05:17:41, Dieter Buerssner wrote:
>
>>>IE you are in a KRBP vs KRPP
>>>ending.  You have five moves.  One keeps you in a KRBP vs KRPP ending but you
>>>have to give up the pawn outright.  Score = +2, divided by 4 = +.5.  The second
>>>move trades the pawn away into a KRB vs KRP, score = +2, divided by 4 = +.5.
>>
>>Here I cannot follow. KRBP vs KRPP would have a significant larger score than
>>KRBKRP, which again would have a larger score than KRBKRPP.
>
>I would expect KRBP vs KRPP (+2 in material) to be pretty close to
>KRB vs KRP, which is also +2 in material.  But the first has some winning
>chances, while the second has none.

Perhaps, I haven't been very clear either. I would not devide the score of
KRBPKRPP by four, but I would devide it for KRBKRP by four. So the scores will
not be close.

Regards,
Dieter




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