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Subject: Re: pawn loss

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 03:06:06 01/30/05

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On January 28, 2005 at 08:36:45, Duncan Roberts wrote:

>rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/2BPPB2/2NRRN2/PPP2PPP/3Q2K1 w kq - 0 1
>
>
>yace (material only) values the above at about 1.5 and suggests that one can
>grab a pawn by move 6 in the above position, although fritz suggest that there
>are better moves to be made and values it at about 2.5.

Yace shows 1.6, which means exactly 2 pawns (Uri gave the material values to
you, where pawn is 80).

>is it agreed that black cannot avoid losing a pawn by move 6, and is there
>anyway white can get a pawn before move 6 ?

Yace material only, does not claim in any way, that "only" at move 6 a pawn can
be won. The time, when the 2 pawns are won, do not matter at all for it, as long
as they are won inside the search horizont. Possibly one could save material for
longer, but will lose more later (all inside the search horizont). To answer the
question: "How long can black keep his material together", one would need
different algorithms (and a good definition what is "losing a pawn").

Regards,
Dieter



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