Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:52:17 10/19/02
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On October 19, 2002 at 12:20:59, Terry Ripple wrote: >On October 19, 2002 at 11:04:35, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On October 19, 2002 at 10:47:44, Uri Blass 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 >>> >>> >>>It is well known for every intelligent player that there >>>are no general rule for the middle game. >------------------------------------------------------- > >I have to disagree!! Here are just a few simple rules for "intelligent players" > >BASIC MIDDLE GAME RULES: > >Rule #1: Don't move your King toward the center of the board while major pieces > are still on the board! In most of the cases it is the case but there are cases when moving the king is the best idea for a mate attack. > >Rule #2: Don't allow pawn islands! It depends on the alternatives. It may be better to allow pawn islands if you control the board and have better mobility. There are rules that are correct in most of the cases but rules like "you should never..." are not correct. This is waht I meant when I posted there are no general rules. It was a reply to "you should never..." Uri
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