Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 09:04:58 04/30/02
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On April 30, 2002 at 11:51:29, JW de Kort wrote: >hi friends > >i am currently working on the improvement of my pawn evaluation. I wonder how to >define a weak pawn. I have studied the appropriate code in Crafty but it is not >completely clear to me. Is it correct to assume that a pawn cannot be weak if it >is not on a open file? > > >Thanks in advance As a (weak) chess player, I'd define a weak pawn as a pawn which can easily be attacked by the opponent and/or hard to defend by myself. While pawns on a semi-open files are probably good candidates for being weak, they're surely not the only ones - ie the white pawn on h6 in the last Smirin game, depending on how the game progresses. Sargon
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