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Subject: Re: Pawn patterns and evaluation of positional advantage

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 23:33:49 12/21/04

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Running Shredder 7.04 UCI under ChessAssistant 8:

On December 22, 2004 at 00:01:37, Dann Corbit wrote:
>rnbq1rk1/4bppp/p2p1n2/1p2p3/4P3/1NN5/PPP1BPPP/R1BQ1R1K w - - bm Nd5; c0 "test
>point 1";
Solved immediately:
[D]rnbq1rk1/4bppp/p2p1n2/1p2p3/4P3/1NN5/PPP1BPPP/R1BQ1R1K w - - ce 38; acd 15;
acs 1; pv Nd5 Nxd5 Qxd5 Ra7 Be3 Be6 Qd2 Rd7 f4 exf4 Rxf4 Nc6 Raf1 Bg5 R4f3 Bxe3
Qxe3 f6; pm Nc3d5;

Solved immediately:
>1n1q1rk1/3rbppp/p2pb3/4p3/Pp2P3/1N2B3/1PP1BPPP/R2Q1R1K w - - bm f4; c0 "test
>point 2";
[D]1n1q1rk1/3rbppp/p2pb3/4p3/Pp2P3/1N2B3/1PP1BPPP/R2Q1R1K w - - ce 25; acd 16;
acs 2; pv f4 Bf6 Rc1 d5; pm f4;

Solved immediately (never considers Qc7):
>1n1q1rk1/3rbppp/p2pb3/4p3/Pp2PP2/1N2B3/1PP1B1PP/R2Q1R1K b - - am Qc7; c0 "test
>point 3";
[D]1n1q1rk1/3rbppp/p2pb3/4p3/Pp2PP2/1N2B3/1PP1B1PP/R2Q1R1K b - - ce -37; acd 17;
acs 1; pv Bf6 f5 Bxb3 cxb3 d5 exd5 Rxd5 Qe1 e4 Qxb4 Bd4 Bf4 a5 Qb7 Qd7 Qxd7 Rxd7
Rac1 Rb7 Bb5 Rd8; pm Be7f6;

Solved immediately:
>1n3rk1/2qrbppp/p2pb3/4p3/Pp2PP2/1N2B3/1PP1B1PP/R2Q1R1K w - - bm f5; c0 "test
>point 4";
[D]1n3rk1/2qrbppp/p2pb3/4p3/Pp2PP2/1N2B3/1PP1B1PP/R2Q1R1K w - - ce 47; acd 15;
acs 2; pv f5 Bxb3 cxb3 Qb7 Qc2 d5 exd5 Rc8 Bc4 Qxd5 Rac1 Qc6 f6 Bxf6 Qc3; pm f5;

The key move f6 is not chosen, but the alternate has an eval of +1.39 pawns so
perhaps it is as good or better than the suggested move:
>1n3rk1/3rbppp/p2p4/4pP2/Ppq1P3/1N2B3/1PP3PP/R2Q1R1K w - - bm f6; c0 "test point
>5";
[D]1n3rk1/3rbppp/p2p4/4pP2/Ppq1P3/1N2B3/1PP3PP/R2Q1R1K w - - ce 139; acd 19; acs
600; pv Nd2 Qc8 f6 Bxf6 Rxf6 gxf6 Bh6 f5 Qf3 f6 Bxf8 Qxf8 Qxf5 Rc7 Rc1 Qf7 Qf3
Nd7 Qg3+ Kh8 Qd3 Qa2 Qc4 Rxc4; pm Nb3d2;

Solved immediately:
>1n3rk1/3r1ppp/p2p1b2/4p3/Ppq1P3/1N2B3/1PP3PP/R2Q1R1K w - - bm Rxf6; c0 "test
>point 6";
[D]1n3rk1/3r1ppp/p2p1b2/4p3/Ppq1P3/1N2B3/1PP3PP/R2Q1R1K w - - ce 175; acd 14;
acs 2; pv Rxf6 Qxe4 Rf3 f5 Qd2 Rc8 Rc1 f4 Bf2 Qc4 Na5 Qe4 Be1 Rdc7 Qxb4; pm
Rf1f6;

Solved immediately:
>1n3r1k/3r1p1p/p2pqp2/4p3/Pp2P2Q/1N2B3/1PP3PP/R6K w - - bm Nd4; c0 "test point
>7";
[D]1n3r1k/3r1p1p/p2pqp2/4p3/Pp2P2Q/1N2B3/1PP3PP/R6K w - - ce 456; acd 15; acs 2;
pv Nd4 exd4 Bxd4 Qe5 Bxe5 fxe5 Qf6+ Kg8 Rf1 Nc6 Qf5 Rc7 Qg5+ Kh8 Qf6+ Kg8 Qxd6
a5 Qxc7 f5; pm Nb3d4;

Not solved, but the alternative has an eval of nearly two full pieces.  Perhaps
Nd4 is as good or better than Ng7:
>1n3r1k/3r1p1p/p3qp2/3ppN2/Pp2P2Q/4B3/1PP3PP/5R1K w - - bm Ng7; c0 "test point
>8";
[D]1n3r1k/3r1p1p/p3qp2/3ppN2/Pp2P2Q/4B3/1PP3PP/5R1K w - - ce 574; acd 18; acs
600; pv Nd4 exd4 Bxd4 dxe4 Bxf6+ Qxf6 Qxf6+ Kg8 Qg5+ Kh8 Qe5+ Kg8 Qxe4 b3 Qg4+
Kh8 Qb4 Kg8 Qxb3 Rd6 c4 Nc6 c5 Re6 Qb7 a5 Qc7; pm Nf5d4;

Solved immediately:
>1n3r1k/3rqpNp/p4p2/3pp3/Pp2P2Q/4B3/1PP3PP/5R1K w - - bm Bc5; c0 "test point 9";
[D]1n3r1k/3rqpNp/p4p2/3pp3/Pp2P2Q/4B3/1PP3PP/5R1K w - - ce 770; acd 17; acs 2;
pv Bc5 Qxc5 Qxf6 Qe7 exd5 Rxd5 Qxe7 Kxg7 Rxf7+ Rxf7 Qxb4 Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Kg1 Kg8;
pm Be3c5;



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