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Subject: Re: King Safety ??

Author: Scott Gasch

Date: 14:57:15 12/25/02

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On December 25, 2002 at 16:31:55, Uri Blass wrote:

>On December 25, 2002 at 16:18:20, Scott Gasch wrote:
>
>>On December 25, 2002 at 13:09:45, Sune Larsson wrote:
>>>
>>> 5rk1/1ppq1rb1/p2p1nn1/3Pp3/2P1Ppp1/PPN3P1/3BQPB1/2R2RK1 w - - 0 25
>>>
>>...
>>>
>>> CM 9000Utz12    25.Qd3   -0.15   Ply 14      64 Mb hash
>>> Shredder PB     25.Qd3   -0.28   Ply 14     128 Mb hash
>>> Hiarcs 8        25.Qd3   -0.55   Ply 13     128 Mb hash
>>> Fritz 8         25.Qd3   -0.59   Ply 14     128 Mb hash
>>> Ruffian         25.Qd3   -0.69   Ply 14     128 Mb hash
>>> Chess Tiger14   25.Bh1   -1.50   Ply 14      96 Mb hash
>>> GambitTiger 2   25.Qd3   -2.26   Ply 14      96 Mb hash
>>>
>>
>>  Monsoon                  -1.17 for white    static eval at root
>>  Monsoon        25. Qd3   -4.18   Ply 14     512 Mb hash
>>
>>If possible, monsoon is too pessamistic about this position?  It is unhappy with
>>white's position when I run a static evaluation of the position and when I let
>>it search it gets worse and worse.  By ply 14, as you can see, it's much more
>>unhappy than any of these better engines.
>
>Can you explain how do you get -1.17 static evaluation?
>
>material is equal and no squares near the king are attacked by black pieces.
>I also do not see significant mobility advantage for black(white has 31 moves
>and after Qd3 black has 34 moves).
>
>A possible reason to see big adantage for black is mobility of the bishop after f3 Bh1 but you need 2 plies for that and you cannot see it by static evaluation.
>

Monsoon thinks:

Black has a slight edge in pawn structure, mainly because of perceived defects
on white's structure at c4 and f2.

White's knight at c3 is scored a bit better than either of black's knights.

White's bishops are both penalized because the position looks somewhat closed
and neither has very good mobility.  I will not count f3, e3 or h3 as mobility
squares because of the black pawns on f4 and g4.  I will not count f4 as a
mobility square because of the pawn at e5.

Black's rooks are positioned strongly to attack white's king and support the
pawn storm.

White's king safety penalty is higher than black's because black has more pieces
defending the king.  White has a pawn storm to worry about while black does not.

That's about it.  The largest terms in the static eval are: poor white king
safety and poor white bishops.  My bishop pair bonus is very large but in this
case it is overwhelmed by the other bishop penalties.

Scott



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