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Subject: Re: Why I dont like pawn endgames

Author: Omid David

Date: 15:47:26 10/05/02

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On October 05, 2002 at 17:10:36, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>[D]8/1p5p/4k3/p3p1PP/2P5/8/PP6/5K2 b - - 0 44
>
>This is 1-0
>
>How long to see it? Who has the advantage in the static
>eval?

These positions together with blockade positions we talked about yesterday, are
amongst which humans can play with rather ease (or see immediately in the latter
case), but programs can't find the answer without a deep search.

However, unlike the blockades, here an affordable search can find the correct
variation (IMO).

>
>--
>GCP



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