Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 07:28:39 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. > >--Jon Zappa says white is 1/3 pawn up in the static eval. Zappa penalizes white by 1.3 pawns for kingsafety, but it really likes the passer (it knows rooks are not suitable for blockade), and white is considerably ahead in mobility. 1. Qe5 Qc3 2. Qe3 Qc1 3. g5 e5 4. Qxe5 Ne6 5. R4d3 Qf1 6. Bf2 Nc5 = (0.50) Depth: 10/23 00:00:18.35 6781kN anthony
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