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Subject: Re: Position from Round 2 Quark-List 0-1 25.Ne6?!

Author: Gerd Isenberg

Date: 14:45:43 11/23/03

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On November 23, 2003 at 17:05:39, Brian Richardson wrote:

>On November 23, 2003 at 16:31:23, Gerd Isenberg wrote:
>
>>Difficult position for Quark here, and probably for other's too,
>>including mine (even if it likes Bc2 here).
>>
>>Passer on h6 may be considered as a "black" shield pawn.
>>Black has bishop pair and connected passers for pawn and exchange.
>>Who is really better here?
>>
>>[D]2q2r1k/p2bp3/3p1b1P/1p1P1p2/2nN2p1/1BP5/PP2Q3/1K1R3R w - -
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Gerd
>
>Ruffian (+.76), Crafty19.5 (+1) and Tinker (+2 for what its worth)
>all prefer white.

IsiChess (+0.8) prefers white too. How to evaluate passers and king safety here?
All black king trajectories are dominated by black or blocked by the isolated
"passer" on h6, white has no dark colored bishop anymore and only one knight. So
black king seems rather safe, considerung material and material balance. If the
white knight may walk via h5 to g7 ...

Gerd




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