Author: Terry Ripple
Date: 08:10:29 10/19/02
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On October 19, 2002 at 10:59:50, Bob Durrett wrote: >On October 19, 2002 at 10:25:31, Terry Ripple wrote: > >>On October 19, 2002 at 10:11:45, Geo Disher wrote: >> >>>My Fritz 6 on a 2.4ghz machine thought RxE8 was the best move so it may not have >>>been the best but it was respectible. Also the evaluation showed that White was >>>still better +.38 so it made since for Fritz team to accept draw with this type >>>of eval. >>> >>>On October 19, 2002 at 10:02:00, Terry Ripple wrote: >>> >>>>Why on earth would a World Champion make this move Rxe8? which is somewhat an >>>>inaccuracybecause of his isolated pawn? >>>> >>>>Plus why would Fritz accept this draw offer?? Interesting!! >>>> >>>>Terry >>-------------- >> >>It is well known among strong chess players that you should never voluntarly >>exchange down pieces when you have an isolated pawn weakness because that pawn >>will become increasingly weaker with more pieces off the board and thus the pawn >>will be captured in the endgame! >> >>Regards, >> Terry > >At the ICC site, GM Pigzilla noted that having an IQP in the endgame is not >necessarily losing. > >Also, the advice against trading down with an IQP applies only if the IQP cannot >be exchanged off. > >Bob D. -------------- Yes, i agree! This is without question! Terry
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