Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:00:03 01/20/04
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On January 20, 2004 at 21:22:47, Geoff wrote: >Hi > >I was just looking at a game my program lost to see where it went wrong > >[D]r3k2r/pp1n1ppp/2p2nb1/3p4/3P4/1QN1PPq1/PP2B1N1/R1B2RK1 b kq - 0 2 > >I am a fairly weak chess player but looking at the above position my intuition >that the position is about equal must be wrong? CM9000 reckons that white is >ahead by at about +1.6. >I would say that although black is approx 1 pawn down on material, its position >is fairly solid, and blacks queen is starting to really mess up whites king >safety. blacks bishop is nicely placed, knights are ok too and blacks pawn >structure is sound, blacks king is not under pressure. >Hence I guessed it looked about equal, my program also reckoned so with a score >of 0.01. > >Where is my intuiton wrong on this one, at a glance what should tell me white >has got a good advantage ? It looks one pawn down to me. Black's threat is not great yet. Material is one pawn advantage for white. Usually, that is enough to win, unless there is some excellent positional advantage. Black's queen is unsupported and the white king has an escape square. If you had a black bishop or a well positioned knight, you might generate some heat. On the other hand, it does not look lost for black either (there are still some chances yet to amass material on white's king side). If I were playing in this position as black, I would not resign. Of course, I am not a spectacular chess player either. Maybe one of the really good players can tell us more definatively.
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