Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 07:23:49 12/14/03
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On December 14, 2003 at 10:07:15, Jon Dart wrote: >A recent game between Arasan and The Baron on ICC led to this position: > >[D] 1k3nr1/p2r1p2/1p1PpQ2/2q5/P2R1PP1/5KB1/3R4/8 w - - 0 1 > >Here, Arasan actually thinks Black is ahead, by over a pawn. The reason >is that it gives a high king safety penalty to White, since White's >king is on the third rank, and since the rook on g8 atacks a pawn >near the king. But in truth, Black does not have an attack. > >Black does not get a high king safety penalty because his king is >behind the pawns on the 1st rank, and because no White pieces are >near enough to trigger a "proximity" score. > >Also Arasan does not give White a high score for the pawn on d6, because >it is blocked by the Black rook. But the pawn is dangerous. > >Crafty gives about a 1/2 pawn advantage to White here, which seems much >more reasonable (Black lost this game). There is no quick win here, but >Black is in trouble. > Falcon gives a static evaluation of about 0.60 at this position, which rises to 0.80 after a few seconds of search. >--Jon
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