Author: martin fierz
Date: 04:24:34 11/21/03
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On November 20, 2003 at 15:20:59, Gerd Isenberg wrote: >Three Positions, one is mate in 13 (Shredder - IsiChess WMCCC02). >Any static eval or king safety heuristic to choose the best one for white if >leaf nodes ;-) ? i can tell you what i think when i get to see such a position in a game: this is one where you can't rely on your feelings (=static evaluation), but have to calculate! so basically i think the answer to your question is that no static eval can catch this one. not very helpful i know... if anything, my gut feeling likes the position with the pawn on d7 best, because you still have some kind of king shelter. that would probably be a sensible rule if you are looking for one: keeping a pawn on the seventh is good for your king. as for the difference between position 2 and 3, that's just what we german-speaking guys call "stellungsglück". cheers martin >[D] 2k5/8/4r2p/3p1Qp1/8/6P1/3pqP1P/R5K1 w - - >[D] 2k5/8/3pr2p/5Qp1/8/6P1/3pqP1P/R5K1 w - - >[D] 2k5/3p4/4r2p/5Qp1/8/6P1/3pqP1P/R5K1 w - - > >Cheers, >Gerd
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