It's very hard for a player of my strenght to judge this bizarre position (by the way how did the game arrived here?). My instinct says that black is somewhat preferable despite his doubled and isolated pawns since he can hope for activity along the c file (this is B main asset in my view) and in general against W queenside. he also has the possible tactical resource of d4-d3 in some lines. His weaknesses looks easily defendable and it's harder to find a plan for W. But i won't be surprised to discover that i'm completely wrong in this evaluation,the position is just too subtle for me!
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thx. bresando
I'm analysing a game between two strong pro's. The position you see here is from a sideline they could have gone for, but didn't. I'm quite fascinated by this game and might share the analysis when I'm done. However that might take a couple off weeks
No problem,take your time 
I hope a stronger player will help us assessing the position. For now thanks for the interesting position!
Jun 5, 2011
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Even though it is doubled and isolated, Black's d4 pawn is very strong. White would like to take this pawn away, but his bishop can't take it and black's bishop is guarding it from white's major pieces.
This, combined with Black's rooks activity (one is dominating the semi-open c file and the other one will surely be placed on e8), gives Black an advantadge. White's Rooks are very passive and White's Bishop seems to be a bit useless on e2, whereas all Black's pieces seem to work together.
So, IMO, Black is clearly better. He should move Re8, claim the open file and, if White's bishop tries to attack the Rooks, Black can always move them to e7 or c7, where White's Bishop won't be able to attack them.
Seems like a draw to me, with Black owning the dark squares, and White the light squares (bishops and central pawns). Black has some initiative along the c-file, but White holds it all together with his bishop.
The White c2-pawn can't advance, nor can the Black c4-pawn because of c2-c3. Black has some pressure on White's queenside which might amount to something with weak defence.
Hello all,
I'm trying to understand the following position.
Who do you think is better and why?