Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:22:12 01/25/00
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On January 24, 2000 at 23:15:27, Peter Kappler wrote: >On January 24, 2000 at 16:49:29, Charles Unruh wrote: > >> 8th round of Wijk Aaan zee. Of course anything in chess can happen, but Anand >>giving a draw to Van Wely when he's a pawn up, with a passer? > >[D]r6r/5pp1/3k1b1p/2pP1P2/1p2R1P1/8/PPP1B2P/1K1R4 b - - > >Actually he was *two* pawns up, but if you take a close look at the position, >you'll see that Van Wely was in no danger of losing. The opposite colored >bishops are to Black's advantage, as he has total control of the key dark >squares in the position. In addition, White's bishop is a sorry piece, with >only one diagonal to operate on, and no targets of any kind. White's rooks >can't do anything to penetrate into Black's position either. The passed pawn >that you were so impressed with is completely blockaded with no chance of ever >advancing. > >In short, the two pawn material advantage is irrelevant. Your chess computer >will show a high score for White, but it's because it understands very little of >what I described above. > > >> Kasparov Allowing >>a position with really no complications and allows an easy draw to Lputian a >>2605! Lputian is so low rated that he's almost in a category were Kasp probably >>hasn't played against in 10 years, a sub 2600 player(2500s). It could happen >>but both in one day! > >You are underestimating the advantage of playing the White pieces at this level. > > >--Peter I disagree. Strongly. Whenever something doesn't go exactly as it should go, the cause is _always_ a conspiracy. _always_. If you don't believe that, just read the posts here for a few weeks. :)
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