tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011690536420808420.post8752217799678347891..comments2024-02-20T07:50:13.558+01:00Comments on Chess960 (FRC): Counting Viable First MovesMark Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101044127493771263noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011690536420808420.post-10548979041343113262013-09-30T07:23:59.347+02:002013-09-30T07:23:59.347+02:00Mark and all readers,
I have posted the following ...Mark and all readers,<br />I have posted the following at HarryO's Jungle blog:<br /><br />Great post Harry, very interesting and informative.<br /><br />Also, this kind of evidence suggests that opening variety would be significantly greater in a SP491 world than in the traditional SP518 world.<br /><br />When I understood what this post was about, I hoped that SP491 was a setup that had...<br />(A) no corner bishops, and<br />(B) both white knights on the same shade of square as each other, and<br />(C) a larger probability of castling on the a-wing (meaning like O-O-O or "castling long" in traditional chess; where the king arrives on the c-column).<br />However, SP491 has only (C) of these above attributes.<br /><br />So I wonder which setup that does have all three of these attributes would have the most viable first moves.<br /><br />It is slightly disappointing that SP491 seems to give White a bigger than average advantage over Black, according to...<br /><br />http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404FRC/opening_report_by_eco.html<br /><br />Also, unfortunately the draw rate for SP491 is bigger than average:<br /><br />QRNKBNRB Draw=19.4% WhiteWins=56.9% <br /><br />Thanks.<br />GeneM<br /><br />2013/09/29GeneMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760103001033379456noreply@blogger.com