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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