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Subject: Re: King Safety ??

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 15:37:48 12/25/02

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On December 25, 2002 at 17:57:15, Scott Gasch wrote:

>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.

I do not see special defects at c4 and f2(c4 is even defended by a pawn)

>
>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.

How do you evaluate it?
As an human I see that black rooks are strong but computer needs exact
definition.

White's rook at f7 seems not to have mobility(only one square to go)




>
>White's king safety penalty is higher than black's because black has more pieces
>defending the king.

How do you see it as a computer?
You can claim that white has only the rook to defend the king and black has rook
f8 and knight at f6 but I guess that you do not mean it.


>  White has a pawn storm to worry about while black does not.

How do you see it as a computer?

Uri



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