Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 11:36:07 02/20/04
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On February 20, 2004 at 14:29:20, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >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]5r2/pp2q1kp/3r1pp1/2pP4/2P1BQNP/8/PB3PP1/6K1 b - h3 0 6 > > or > > 1.d5 Kg7 2.Ne3 c5 3.g4 h6 4.h4 and Black is indeed in trouble > [D]3rr3/pp3qk1/5ppp/2pP4/2P3PP/3BNQ2/PB3P2/6K1 b - h3 0 4
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