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[–] starik@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

Can a chess expert tell us which side would be favored in this situation? Assuming checkmate for the black side would be checkmating the knight that starts on black’s king square.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 12 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Someone could throw it into Stockfish and see what it starts with.

[–] Valthorn@feddit.nu 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Put into the board editor in lichess (with a king in e8) and eval was about -30.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] yellowbadbeast@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Positive is in white's favor, negative is in black's favor. -30 is roughly equivalent to black having a 30 point material advantage over white.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

How few rooks would it take to be about even?

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