Endgame Experiment

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Nordlandia
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Endgame Experiment

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Probing 6 and 7-men evaluations for endgames

Try analyze following position for 3 or 5 minutes with 6-men and 7-men and compare the evaluation differences.

[d]6k1/pb3pbp/6p1/1p6/8/1N3N2/PP3PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1

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Re: Endgame Experiment

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It is usually more reliable if you let the engine play out the position. An evaluation can always be a mis-evaluation. But a checkmate is always a win.