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Subject: Re: Test Position, Will Your Program Play Kb1 or the Daring Nxf7!

Author: Chris Welty

Date: 04:36:44 02/17/05

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On February 16, 2005 at 13:26:29, Anthony Cozzie wrote:

>On February 16, 2005 at 06:01:57, Chris Welty wrote:
>
>>On February 15, 2005 at 20:30:13, Alan McCracken wrote:
>>
>>>Again a position taken from one of my games. A game in 15.
>>>
>>>[D]r3k2r/1bp1bppp/pp2pn2/4N1B1/q2P4/3B4/PPP1QPPP/2KRR3 w kq - 0 13
>>>
>>>Terry
>>
>>Altamax goes with Nxf7 (or Bc4 O-O Nxf7 transposing) by 0.50 - PV is
>>
>>+1.01 Nxf7 O-O Bc4 Rxf7 Bxe6 Raf8 Bxf6 Bxf6 Bxf7+ Rxf7 Qe8+ Qxe8 Rxe8+ Rf8
>
>It looks like you need to fix your material values: Black is left with BB vs RPP
>and is probably BETTER after your line.
>
>anthony

Thanks.

I stuck the position in Altamax and you're right, it trades off the rooks for a
R+7P vs BB+5Ps. Fine's Basic Chess Endings says "Rook and two pawns always wins
against two minor pieces" although he seems to have bishop+knight in mind. Are
two bishops substantially better than bishop+knight in this endgame?

Chris



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