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Subject: Re: DB vs Kasparov Game 2 35. axb5

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 11:05:31 11/24/98

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On November 24, 1998 at 03:30:36, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>Exactly. In the sacrafice line, the white kings get to e2. Deep Blue
>probably evaluates that 1 pawn tougher all together (the king safety),
>then already without singular extensions you're playing axb5. Difference
>in evaluation is around 0.90 pawn, so 1 pawn extra for king safety.
>
>The heuristic is also easy: just scan around king for pawns: not a single
>pawn there when king gets in the Qb6 to the square e2.
>
>This is not a single proof of singular extensions. All moves it made
>only are a proof of very few evaluation terms, which are set very high.

It is only proof that you've thought of another explanation, which is not proof
that this explanation is the right one.

bruce



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