1|15D FFA 2000+ tutorial : Balance in the 3 player stage

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robertcraigen
GustavKlimtPaints wrote:

"There is always a possibility that you might win, even though if you are left with only a single pawn or even no pawn."

True! Here's an extreme example : )

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=4194443-223

Yes that is a good example, but here's a better one.  The player goes from 4th to 1st with almost the same play.  Further the opposite (who happens to be me) is so stunned by the victory loses on time because of fist-pumping over the mate, though he could easily take first.
https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8265261-435

 

robertcraigen
robertcraigen wrote:
GustavKlimtPaints wrote:

"There is always a possibility that you might win, even though if you are left with only a single pawn or even no pawn."

True! Here's an extreme example : )

https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=4194443-223

Yes that is a good example, but here's a better one.  The player goes from 4th to 1st with almost the same play.  Further the opposite (who happens to be me) is so stunned by the victory loses on time because of fist-pumping over the mate, though he could easily take first.
https://www.chess.com/4-player-chess?g=8265261-435

Further to this example, It's an instructive game because of the extreme imbalance in the mid-game between the two pairs.  Blue/Green have a decisive advantage around move 75. But this has gone on for many moves already, with Red/Yellow near sudden death the whole time.  Extreme sacrificial cooperation keeps them alive with 2 Ns and a single promotable P between them, yet they place 1st/2nd in the end.