Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 11:29:20 02/20/04
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On February 20, 2004 at 11:50:30, Tord Romstad wrote:
>In a blitz game between Gothmog and Phalanx, played earlier today, the following
>position was reached:
>
>[D]3rr2k/pp3q1p/2p2pp1/8/2PP4/3B1Q2/PBN2PPP/6K1 w - -
>
>Without doing a search, Gothmog thinks white has a winning advantage. The
>static eval returns a score of +2.0, despite approximate material equality.
>The big plus score for white seems to be almost entirely because of the
>bishop pair (my bishop pair bonus is really big when the opposite side
>has no minor pieces) and the weakness of black's a1-h8 diagonal.
>
>To this patzer's eyes, an advantage of +2 in this position seems to be
>way too much. Should I have a closer look at my bishop pair bonus, or is
>Gothmog's assesment of the position really OK?
>
>Tord
Hi Tord
Your program has not to blame. In my opinion, White has an almost
decisive advantage in this position. I see no way how Black can prevent
White from making rapid progress. Below I give two possible lines:
1.Ne3 Kg7 2.d5 Ref8 3.Be4 c5 4.Ng4 Qe7 5.Qf4 Rd6 6.h4 and White's position
has much improved
[D]3rr2k/pp3q1p/2p2pp1/8/2PP4/3B1Q2/PBN2PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
or
1.d5 Kg7 2.Ne3 c5 3.g4 h6 4.h4 and Black is indeed in trouble
[D]3rr2k/pp3q1p/2p2pp1/8/2PP4/3B1Q2/PBN2PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
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