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Subject: Re: how does crafty understand that black is better?

Author: Richard Pijl

Date: 07:57:21 04/08/03

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On April 08, 2003 at 10:04:02, Uri Blass wrote:

>[D]8/5pp1/4p1kp/1Q6/2rqP2P/8/5PP1/5RK1 w - - 0 27
>
>This position happened in a game of movei.
>For the game see http://f11.parsimony.net/forum16635/messages/46511.htm
>
>I found that latest movei also suffers from the same evaluation problem.
>
>Movei evaluates the position as almost equal.
>
>I found that Crafty and a lot of programs understand that black has a clear
>advantage(more than 0.5 pawns for black from the
>first iterations).
>
>I understand that black is better but the question is what factor in evaluation
>helps a lot of programs to understand it.
>
>I can explain reasons to give advantage for black from program point of view:
>
>1)The black king is more advanced and it is known that the king should
>be at the last rank except endgames.

I don't agree. After h5+ the black king is locked out from the immediate action
and has to retreat to h7.

>2)The white pawns are more advanced so by piece square table they
>get bigger bonus after a move like h5+.

But that would increase the white score?

I think you can detect black's advantage with three eval terms:
- Limited mobility of the white rook. It cannot leave square f1 because of
immediate threats on f2.
- Black has two attacking pieces, White only one.
- Black has easy access to the 2nd row, increasing pressure on the white king
position.

Richard.



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