Author: Daniel Pineo
Date: 21:29:32 04/14/05
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On April 14, 2005 at 19:58:29, Jason Kent wrote: >Here is an interesting position in a game I played (with white) against Shredder >9 UCI. Do any engines actually prefer white here? > >[D]1r3rk1/p1qbbppp/p3p3/3p1nPP/3P1P2/4PN2/PP3K2/R1BQ1NR1 w - - I would hope not. Are you suggesting white is winning? White is badly behind in development with both rooks out of play, a bad and undeveloped bishop, a knight out of play at f1, and the queen still on d1 where she started. In fact, the only developed piece is the knight on f3. Not too impressive considering this move is availible as the very first move of the game. White's kingside protection is gone and the king is sitting on a weak second rank, about to be checked by an attack down the b or c files (or both). Any hope white has for counterplay on the kingside with the pushed pawns is a dream, the rook on g1 just isn't going to be enough to get the job done. Black on the otherhand is very well developed. Black has connected rooks, two good bishops, a well posted knight(with another post 2 hops away at e4), a safe king, and control of every open file on the board.
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