Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:36:10 02/25/04
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On February 25, 2004 at 11:14:49, Uri Blass wrote: > >I think it is depended on the position and there are good chances that they are >better with some pieces on the board. In the following, you don't have "some" pieces on the board. You have exactly one for each side. This is my threshold where the split passers begin to outweigh connected passers. But do the same with say two rooks per side and see what the split passers do... > >[D]3nk3/8/8/P6P/3pp3/8/8/3NK3 w - - 0 1 > >The split passers are better. > >[D]8/8/8/7P/8/8/P6b/4K2k b - - 0 3 > >bishop cannot stop split passed pawns. > >[D]8/8/8/7P/6P1/8/7b/4K2k b - - 0 3 >bishop draw against connected passed pawns. > >Uri None of those contradict what I am doing. Note that it doesn't stop here however, I also have to handle the case of multiple candidate passers where the same thing applies _after_ the candidates become passers, yet I have to evaluate it _before_ that happens. Exact same idea applies.
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