According to Chessmaster 9K, the game is a win for White
Knight for 2 Center Pawns Game Analysis
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Gladly, a few strange moves in there. But in a game where both black and white are played by Chessmaster 9K with an hour game. The following result is had. (both sides had at least 22 minutes on the clock.
Below is a game I tested out using SOS 5.1 vs. 5.1 using the initial moves from the first game and then moving along. Interesting comparing the two games. My thoughts are an early attack is very necessary for white to win.
Sorry for the confusion. All games follow with the original 12 moves I made during my match against the Stockfish Chess Engine. In the second game I posted, I just appended the beginning 12 moves for ease of use, move 13 and on (as with the Chessmaster 9K game) are made by the computer engine.
When I first played the game against Stockfish, my gut feeling told me that sacrificing a knight for 2 center pawns put me in an overall advantage that could lead to a winning game.
We are testing whether or not in this particular position, sacrificing a knight for 2 pawns was advantageous or not. Hope that clears things up.
I feel that White's sacrifice should not be sound. If he goes for a quick steamroller however, then he can hope for good compensation especially due to Black's lack of coordination.
Played another game with another Chess Engine. I feel AnMon's play as white is much stronger than SOS, however, I still think it made some errors during play. It is an interesting game nonetheless.
White has a few forced moves to play with, and the center pawns in its current situation is a more longterm strategy.
I ran another game with Hermann engine. Another loss, but an interesting game. I'm going to try to adjust some moves from a previous game to see if some better play for white can be achieved
I played a game against my Iphone Chess App Stockfish and the following result came. I sacrificed a knight for two center pawns in the early game. I feel that this can lead to a winning game, but I have been unable to secure a victory. What are you all's thoughts from this point of the game?