Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 13:03:55 03/03/02
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On March 03, 2002 at 15:44:41, Jon Dart wrote: >Recently Arasan had this position against Gandalf on ICC: > >[D] 8/p5kp/1pBnP1p1/8/8/P3P3/4K2P/8 w - - > >Arasan played e7? here and lost. It had limited time here: it switches >off e7 pretty quickly, and prefers Kd3, but continues to give White a >positive score. > >On the other hand, a variety of other programs I've tried (Crafty, >Hiarcs 7, and Pharaon) play e4 here with a negative score for White. > >I'd be interested in any comments on this endgame. e7? is a loser, >but is Black still better if White avoids this? > >--Jon I think the issue is that black will generate two split passers that can't be stopped by the king alone, whereas white's two passers is really only one and that one can easily be stopped. I quickly get black a pawn up here. -- GCP
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