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Subject: Re: Start your engines!

Author: chandler yergin

Date: 02:07:08 04/15/05

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On April 15, 2005 at 00:29:32, Daniel Pineo wrote:

>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.

1.Ng3 Threatening to remove Black's most active piece.
White has a space advantage on the Kingside.
Certainly the better Pawn structure on the Queenside.
White can slowly improve his position, and challenge the Open File.

Black, with 2 Isolated pawns on the a file, a serious endgame weakness
cannot be better!

Are you suggesting Black is winning?
[D]1r3rk1/p1qbbppp/p3p3/3p1nPP/3P1P2/4PNN1/PP3K2/R1BQ2R1 b - - 0 1

Lets play Chess.



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