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Nordlandia YaBB Newbies Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 16 Joined: 05/23/15	Re: Bishop Pair vs The Exchange Reply #3 - 05/24/15 at 06:42:25	Post Tools	Print Post
	Quote: «Claimed that two bishops versus rook and knight were equivalent. I don’t believe that this is the case, i.e., I think the extra material will usually win out, but this view continues to influence chess thinking to some extent even today» - Steve Mayer 1997 In this case Steve Mayer was right the extra material won in the long run. White has the bishop pair + pawn for the exchange - can white hold with optimal play here? The h7 pawn is worth less than the remaining pawns so it isn't quite worth a full pawn. Emanuel Lasker valued the rook pawn to be worth 0.5 points. Bishop Pair = 0.5 + 0.5 = 1.00 + 6 = 7 In this experimental position, black have 1 pawns advantage. Is it enough to win? Download game in pgn format


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bearheart YaBB Newbies Offline I love ChessPublishing.com! Posts: 23 Location: Mound Joined: 02/19/05	Re: Bishop Pair vs The Exchange Reply #2 - 05/23/15 at 20:50:14	Post Tools	Print Post
	If it were White's move then I would say White wins; however, Black takes the Knight and with the center open along with those sweeping Bishops, I believe that it is a draw. Anyone own an endgame database that can check it out, or perhaps someone could persuade Karsten Mueller to comment? Just a patzer, here...


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Nordlandia YaBB Newbies Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 16 Joined: 05/23/15	Re: Bishop Pair vs The Exchange Reply #1 - 05/23/15 at 14:07:27	Post Tools	Print Post
	Quote: «Many of the Classicists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century claimed that two bishops versus rook and knight were equivalent. I don’t believe that this is the case, i.e., I think the extra material will usually win out, but this view continues to influence chess thinking to some extent even today» - Steve Mayer 1997 Quote: «When the side down the Exchange has the bishop pair, my data shows he needs only 1.15 pawns to make things even» - Larry Kaufman Edited: Post edited to remove a large image ~SF August 8, 2015
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Nordlandia YaBB Newbies Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 16 Joined: 05/23/15	Bishop Pair vs The Exchange 05/23/15 at 05:44:54	Post Tools	Print Post
	Download game in pgn format An unbalances position has arisen straight out of the opening, in which with an open centre, Black has a pawn and the bishop pair for the exchange. Is it enough compensation?


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