Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:16:29 03/20/02
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On March 20, 2002 at 12:59:58, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >[D]4r1k1/pp2q1p1/2p1P1Q1/3p4/6R1/P7/KPP5/8 w - - 0 17 > >I get a static eval of +3.7 here, which drops a little >bit after searching a minute or so (to +3.2). > >Shredder Paderborn stays around +0.5 - +0.7 > >Fritz 7: about +1.2 to +1.4 > >Crafty 18.13: +0.30 to +0.40 > >Comet B41: rises to about +1.5 > >Hiarcs 7.32: rises to about +1.0 > >ChessTiger 14.0: starts from 0 and goes to +0.40 >(Gambit Tiger very similar) > >Gandalf 5.1: +1.0 to +0.80 > >So, it seems my engine is way overestimating white's attacking >chances here. On the other hand, white's threat is pretty nasty. >I think part of the problem may be that my thing doesn't really >consider how well the defenders are placed. Perhaps a queen >and a rook only don't justify such large scores either. I'm curious >_how_ other people evaluate this. I think your engine is making a colossal mistake. In fact, I think that black is ahead. After threatening on the h file with the rook, the pawn at e6 will be taken by the black queen. White will play a bit of "around and around the mulberry bush" but there won't be any "pop goes the weasel." In the very near term, white will be down two full pawns and hoping for some sort of compensation that is not going to happen. Maybe a real chess expert can look at it. But if I walked up to this board and someone said, "Would you rather be white or black?" I would choose black.
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