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Subject: Re: How do the best free programs with source code evaluate pawn structu

Author: Steffen Jakob

Date: 05:33:12 03/21/03

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Hi Uri!

On March 21, 2003 at 07:37:07, Uri Blass wrote:

// ...

>I am talking about endgames
>Here is a diagram
>The only advantage of black is that the black king is in the a file and not in
>the h file(you can see that the a and b files are better for the king than the g
>and h files because all the pawns are in a-b files.
>
>A good program should see that black is better by static evaluation.
>
>[D]7K/8/pp6/8/8/PP6/8/k7 w - - 0 1

A pattern which I use for this kind of positions: if in a pawn endgame all pawns
are on the queen side (or on the king side) of the board then I give a penalty
for a king which is not on the same side of the board.

Greetings,
Steffen.



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