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Subject: Re:I must be missing something...

Author: Torstein Hall

Date: 14:19:14 05/06/03

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On May 05, 2003 at 18:18:05, Uri Blass wrote:

>On May 05, 2003 at 17:51:09, Richard Pijl wrote:
>
>>On May 05, 2003 at 16:52:59, Peter Berger wrote:
>>
>>>On May 05, 2003 at 16:44:38, Richard Pijl wrote:
>>>
>>>>>[D]8/1p1k4/4p2p/1PP2pp1/2KP4/7P/6P1/8 w - - 0 1
>>>>>
>>>>>This is a draw (I hope ;) ).
>>>>>Peter
>>>>
>>>>The Baron doesn't seem to agree on that:
>>>>
>>>> 14(45).   1856 509122289    298  d4d5 e6d5 c4d5 d7c7 d5e6 f5f4 e6f5 c7d7 f5g6
>>>>h6h5 g6g5 d7e8 g5h5 e8f7 c5c6 f4f3 c6b7
>>>
>>>No doubt. Fritz even has +5 after more than an hour of search - as I explained,
>>>computers don't understand this motive. But I am pretty sure I am right :)
>>>
>>>It's much easier to understand for a human.
>>>
>>>A sample line:
>>>
>>>1. d5 e5! 2. b6 e4 3. Kd5 h5 4. g4 fxg4 5. fxg4 h4 and the draw is quite
>>>obvious.

I do not get it after 5...h4 6.Kxe4 and white picks up the pawn somewhere at h2
and go on to win! Or am I missing something?

Torstein

>>>
>>>Peter
>>
>>You're right Peter.
>>
>>After forcing 1..e5 Baron's score jumped to +5 as well, but when looking at the
>>line that came with it, it is a simple draw.
>>
>>Richard.
>
>I do not understand the high positional score of Fritz and Baron.
>
>White is only one pawn up after d5 e5 and there are no unstoppable passed pawns.
>I could understand positional score of a pawn or 2 for white to get total score
>of 2-3 pawns(white has pawns that are more advanced and it is more easy to win
>with advantage in a pawn endgame) but not positional score of 4 pawns.
>
>Uri



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