Hannibal-Arasan, Leiden 2014

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Ferdy
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Re: Hannibal-Arasan, Leiden 2014

Post by Ferdy »

jdart wrote:Passers are tricky. These are not that far advanced, and the opposing King is in front of them. Plus of course White has a whole extra piece. With those considerations in mind Black should not be better. And in fact in the game White was able to fairly easily play against the passers.

--Jon
Also one thing I have observed is that a connected passer is weaker against a bishop than against a rook.