Author: Howard Exner
Date: 09:24:05 09/01/98
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On September 01, 1998 at 10:08:00, blass uri wrote: > >On September 01, 1998 at 07:17:44, Howard Exner wrote: > > >>6. This position is a continuation of the previous discussion of Rebel9 vs >>Hiarcs6. The only chance of a draw is for Hiarcs6 to play d6-d5 and rely on a >>perpetual check in the Q vs Q ending. > >d5 is losing after g5 d4 g6 d3 g7 d2 g8=Queen d1=Queen Qg1+ >black is losing in the endgame. d5 might lose also but the Queen vs Queen endings are notoriously difficult to avoid perpetual checks. I truly believe most humans would try for a draw here with d5 as their only hope. It demonstrates how differently computers play endgames as they want to play a precise winning line. This position for humans does not call for hardly any calculation (I mean the Kxf4? line) as it is a pattern that we recognize as a hopeless continuation. >> Instead Hiarcs follows the mistaken path >>of >>1. ... Kxf4? 2. gxf5 Kxg5 when white's outside passer on the h file can only be >>stopped at the expense of white queening on the other wing. >>8/8/3p4/p4p2/5PP1/1P2k2P/P6K/8 b - - id "Rebel 9.0 - Hiarcs 6.0"; am Kxf4;
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