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Subject: Re: Hiarcs and pawns revisited

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 14:33:07 08/31/99

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On August 31, 1999 at 10:26:57, Robert Hyatt wrote:

[big snip]
>
>If you hold that thought for a few months, and try this on crafty, it will
>work...  recognizing outside passed pawns has been in crafty for years now,
>as it was in Cray Blitz...  and it understands that outside passed pawns get
>more valuable as pieces come off the board.  Recognizing a pawn majority is
>no more difficult and will solve a bunch of similar positions...

My experience tells me that outside passed pawns (or healthy majority) are more
valuable in minor piece endings relative to central passed pawns (unless the
central ones are very advanced). In major piece endings I think that the central
passers are strongers than the outside passers.



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