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Subject: Re: Tough position

Author: Jason Williamson

Date: 03:57:14 07/12/00

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On July 12, 2000 at 05:37:53, Roger Kyte wrote:

>On July 12, 2000 at 03:30:07, Jeremiah Penery wrote:
>
>>On July 12, 2000 at 03:08:32, Jason Williamson wrote:
>>
>>>On July 11, 2000 at 22:09:37, Roger Kyte wrote:
>>>
>>>>On July 11, 2000 at 16:43:10, Yar wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>[D] 8/k4p2/1r3P2/7p/1N1B1Q1P/5B2/1K5q/8 w
>>>>>
>>>>>Computers can't solve this
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>In ten seconds my computer comes up with two possibilities:
>>>>
>>>>Analysis by Fritz 6:
>>>>
>>>>1. +- (4.69): 1.Bg2 Qxf4 2.Bxb6+ Kb8 3.Bc7+ Qxc7 4.Na6+ Kc8 5.Nxc7 Kxc7
>>>>2. +- (4.47): 1.Ka1 Qh1+ 2.Bd1 Qxd1+ 3.Kb2 Qe2+ 4.Ka3 Qe6 5.Qg5 Kb7
>>>>
>>>>I am not sure why you think computers cannot solve this, it is a no brainer, if
>>>>White takes the Queen it is stalemate.
>>>
>>>The point is look at your computers first varation...the black king gets to the
>>>white pawn on F6 and eats it, leaving white with a passed H pawn of the wrong
>>>color.  The position is drawn.
>>
>>Well, he said that it was only 10 seconds worth of analysis...Undoubtedly the
>>computer would soon find that 5. Bh3+ is the correct move.
>
>I left my humble P1 on over night and came up with the following:
>
>Analysis by Fritz 6:
>
>1. +- (2.91): 1.Bg2 Qxf4 2.Bxb6+ Kb8 3.Bc7+ Qxc7 4.Na6+ Kc8 5.Bh3+ Qd7
>2. +- (2.59): 1.Bf2

And after 5. Bh3+ Kb7 how does white win?  Its the same situation, the black
king gets to the king side before the white king, and its a wrong colored bishop
ending.




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