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Aberg variation of Capablanca's Chess. Different setup and castling rules. (10x8, Cells: 80) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

💡📝Hans Aberg wrote on Fri, Apr 25, 2008 10:37 PM UTC:

H.G.Muller:
| It is too vague for me. Could you give a specific example?

Take K+P against K. Then it can only be won if the king is well positioned against the pawn and the pawn isn't on the sides if the opponent king is in good position. So in general, one P ahead does not win, but in special circumstances it can be, So a player that isn't very good at end-games will probably try to get more material, but a better one will know, and an even better player will be able trying to play for the most favored end-game. A weak player may loose big in the middle game because they don't know how to keep the pieces together, but a GM might do that because knowing that the alternatives will lead to a lost end-game, so trying something wilder may be a better try. But a GM may not have much use of such long-range strategic skills against a computer that can search all positions deeper, becoming reduced, relative the computer, not being to keep the pieces together.