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Subject: Related FEN diagrams

Author: Edward Seid

Date: 06:17:14 11/15/02

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On November 15, 2002 at 07:14:56, José Carlos wrote:

>  W: Nh1, Pf2, Pg3
>  B: Pf3, Pg4

[D] 8/8/8/8/6p1/5pP1/5P2/7N w - - 0 1

>  White has a knight on h1, but it's worth nothing unless white can capture one
>of the black pawns.

>  Another example: activity.
>  W: Pd4,Pe5,Pf4,Rd1,Rf1
>  B: Pc4,Pd5,Pf5,Ne6,Rb2

[D] 8/8/4n3/3pPp2/2pP1P2/8/1r6/3R1R2 w - - 0 1

>  Both sides have a defended passed pawn. Black rook in in seventh (active) and
>black knight attacks two pawns (active); both white rooks defend (passive).
>  There're more examples, but I'm at work and the boss is around ;)

>  As other posters have said, king attacks and unstopable passed pawns are
>usually the concepts that have higher positional values.
>
>  José C.



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