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Subject: Re: Tough position

Author: blass uri

Date: 04:41:32 07/12/00

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On July 12, 2000 at 07:01:58, Jason Williamson wrote:

>On July 11, 2000 at 17:32:26, blass uri 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
>>
>>I think that you are wrong.
>>Computers have no problem to see that Bg2 wins(they may need more than few
>>seconds but it does not say that the position is hard for computers.
>>
>>I guess that old programs with no tablebases and no knowledge about the blind
>>bishop in endgames can fail but it does not prove that computers cannot solve
>>it.
>>
>>1.Bg2 Qxf4 2.Bxb6 Kb8 3.Bc7+ Qxc7 4.Na6+ Kc8 5.Bh3+ is winning for white.
>>
>>Uri
>
>Bh3 is pretty, but it doesn't win.  Look at Kb7.  Then its pretty obvious to me
>that black will get to the Kside first and pick off the F pawn for the H pawn,
>and the resulting kBpkp should be easily drawn.

Black cannot pick the f pawn.

5.Bh3+ Kb7 6.Nxc7 Kxc7 7.Kc3 and if 7...Kd6 8.Kd4

Uri



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