Author: Albert Silver
Date: 16:15:33 06/09/01
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On June 09, 2001 at 19:10:42, Dan Andersson wrote:
>>21.Kf4 Kh3 22.Kf3 h4 23.Kf2 Kg4 and White is still dead lost.
>>
>Not only Yace but my own analalysis and finally tablebases comfirm this is a
>draw. Remember the hint about the advance of the rook pawns?! Black either gets
>to the a file or blocks the black king in front of the a pawn. All this is
>fairly basic endgame knowledge.
>Try the position:
>[D]8/8/8/p7/P5kp/8/5K2/8 w - - 0 1
>at:
>http://www.lokasoft.nl/uk/tbweb.htm
>The same trick applies if white goes for the a pawn, only mirrored.
You are completely correct. I'll see if I can improve on the line then.
Albert
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