Octopus Knight

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Nordlandia
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Octopus Knight

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For the exchange white has a pawn and an robust stronghold in the center. Can black breakthrough the barricade?

Interesting position nonetheless.

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Re: Octopus Knight

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Looks like yes somehow according to Latest Leelenstein and Antifish Image
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Re: Octopus Knight

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Lco evaluation need to be taken with a grain of salt. Usually it output exaggerated optimistic evals.
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Re: Octopus Knight

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Nordlandia wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2019 4:58 pm Lco evaluation need to be taken with a grain of salt. Usually it output exaggerated optimistic evals.
True but it indicates correctly. Position is win for black if black can without inaccuracies.