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Subject: Re: Easy for humans

Author: José Carlos

Date: 06:19:09 02/18/02

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On February 18, 2002 at 00:30:08, Uri Blass wrote:

>On February 17, 2002 at 23:45:59, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote:
>
>>On February 17, 2002 at 15:04:54, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On February 17, 2002 at 14:17:42, Dan Andersson wrote:
>>>
>>>>Opposite bishops in a rook endgame are usually considered a boon for the one
>>>>with an advantage. And also for queen endgames. And note that in rook endgames
>>>>r+b > r+n unless there are significant structural damage. And Q+N > Q+B.
>>>
>>>I heard that opinion about R+B vs R+N and Q+N vs Q+B but based on my experience
>>>I doubt if it is correct.
>>>
>>>I also read in kapablanca's book that positions like the following is a clear
>>>advantage for white but when I tried comp-comp games I did not get clear
>>>advantage for white(I am not sure if it is the exact position but the idea is
>>>clear)
>>
>>Which speaks about the weaknesses of the computers in the endgame phase.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Miguel
>
>Or about the weakness of the static evaluation of kapablanca.
>
>Uri

  Yes, that's true, Capablanca proved many times not being able to understand
endgames...

  José C.



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