Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 11:04:50 05/09/03
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On May 09, 2003 at 13:55:55, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On May 09, 2003 at 10:12:40, Drexel,Michael wrote: > >>[D] rnbqkb1r/pp1np1pp/4p3/2pp4/3P4/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq c6 0 5 >> >>What do your programs think about this well known position? >>Shredder and Fritz 8 clearly favour white here. for example : >> >>Analysis by Shredder 7.04: >> >>6.Nf3 g6 7.Ng5 Nf6 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.0-0 Bg7 10.Re1 e5 11.Bxc6+ Qd7 >> ± (0.91) Depth: 10/10 00:00:00 6kN >>6.Nf3 g6 7.Ng5 Nf6 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.0-0 Bg7 10.Re1 e5 11.Bxc6+ Qd7 >> ± (0.91) Depth: 11/11 00:00:00 16kN >>6.Nf3 g6 7.Ng5 cxd4 8.Bb5 Nc6 9.Nxe6 Qa5 10.Nxf8 dxc3 11.Qxd5 >> ± (0.83) Depth: 12/28 00:00:04 1435kN >>6.dxc5 >> ± (0.85) Depth: 12/28 00:00:05 1435kN >>6.dxc5 >> ± (0.85) Depth: 12/28 00:00:05 1503kN >>6.dxc5 g6 7.Qd4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Nxd5 Nxd4 10.Bb5+ >> ± (0.93) Depth: 13/30 00:00:24 8276kN >>6.dxc5 g6 7.Qd4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Bxd7 >> ± (0.90) Depth: 14/30 00:00:51 16690kN >>6.dxc5 g6 7.Qd4 Nf6 8.Bg5 Nc6 9.Bb5 h6 10.Bf4 g5 11.Be5 Bg7 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Qf4 >> ± (0.88) Depth: 15/31 00:01:44 35928kN >> >>Looks like there is a clear advantage for white. White is a pawn down and the >>evaluation is almost +1.0. >> >>However strong Chessplayers clearly seem to favour black here. Here are the >>highest rated Chessplayers who played this position in the last 6 years. All >>played with black pieces. All games ended 0-1: >> >>[Event "Santos Mario Covas 1st"] >>[Site "Santos"] >>[Date "2001.01.29"] >>[Round "3"] >>[White "Benares de sa Leitao, Ricardo"] >>[Black "Milos, Gilberto"] >>[Result "0-1"] >>[ECO "B02"] >>[WhiteElo "2276"] >>[BlackElo "2608"] >>[PlyCount "60"] >> > >Just my two cents if Milos with a 2608 had White against Benares with Black >which is a 300+ plus difference in rating and Benares wins than the case would >be open for discussion. In this case the stronger player simply outplayed the >weaker player. PS: Another way of looking at this would be if you give Black to a computer rated 2600 and White to another computer rated 2276. Who do you think will win? An opening advantage could only help a human or computer with a rating difference of no more than 50 points. Jorge
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