Unclear Positions

anthias

Only Chess

01 Aug 07

anthias

Joined: 12 Aug 06
Moves: 5380

01 Aug 07

Are they unclear because nobody analyzed them? I usually see the unclear sign in opening books. Why can't they be evaluated?

TheQuinnOfAMS

Chessplaya

Joined: 25 Oct 05
Moves: 2107

01 Aug 07

Unclear means nobody is sure who has the advantage, most likely an unbalanced position and not equal.

masscat

Joined: 25 Sep 04
Moves: 1779

01 Aug 07

Originally posted by anthias
Are they unclear because nobody analyzed them? I usually see the unclear sign in opening books. Why can't they be evaluated?

Check this out for a good description:
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1123573064.shtml