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Subject: Re: How to win this quiet winning (+2.68) position?

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 05:23:28 11/28/05

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On November 28, 2005 at 08:11:39, Andrey Popov wrote:

>Hello,
>I played (White) against one weak engine and came to the following position:
>[D]1r3k2/3r1pp1/4p2p/2p1P3/R1B1P3/2B5/1P3KPP/8 w - - 0 31
>[/D]
>The position seems to be won, but I could not find the way to the victory.
>I thought a lot and lost on time.
>Later I used Toga II 1.0 to analyze this position.
>Toga showed +2.68 score but did not show the victorious algorithm.
>Can any human show the right way?
>Otherwise, can you explain what factor I did not take into account
>when calculated my advantage:
>2*3.2{bishop}+0.2{bishop pair}-5{rook}-2*(0.1+0.1){double isolated}=+1.1 ?

As I often say : a bishop pair against 1 rook is about 1 rook up :o)
Give higher bonus when it's B pair against 1 R ;o)



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