Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 06:53:16 11/04/03
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On November 04, 2003 at 09:36:39, Anthony Cozzie wrote: [snip] >>[D] 8/PP4pk/4R2p/4p3/8/8/1K6/r7 b - - 0 61 > >I pretty much agree with Tord here. The problem is not Black's rook, it is the >advanced white pawns. The rook is not lost - black can play Ra6 or Rh1 or >something and save it. Two connected passed pawns on the 7th are at LEAST 1 >rook imo. Bob would probably say not to think about it since it's qsearch and therefore very vague anyway. :) I don't have much experience when it comes to evaluate such positions with my engine, but are you sure it's a good idea to evaluate two connected pawns on the 7th row at least one rook? Are there more positions where this is right than wrong? I can imagine that chances that this is good are rather high when there are no queens around anymore. But with queens still on the board I can imagine lots of checks which capture one pawn and give check at the same time, which quickly nullifies the advantage again. Sheesh, I guess Bob is right and we shouldn't think about it too much. :) Sargon
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