Author: John Merlino
Date: 13:11:05 04/25/03
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On April 25, 2003 at 16:08:04, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On April 25, 2003 at 16:03:30, Peter Berger wrote: > >>On April 25, 2003 at 15:57:14, Albert Bertilsson wrote: >> >>>Hi! >>> >>>During a test game against it self Sharper got in this position: >>> >>>8/5pk1/4p1p1/4P2p/5P1P/6PK/5r2/3R4 b - - >>> >>>It seemed very confused, and the game finnished drawn, which rarely happens with >>>that amount of pieces. I'm a really weak chess player so I'd really appreciate >>>if someone could explain if this position is draw or if Sharper overlooked >>>something. I'm guessing that this is a zugswang position, but I'm not sure. >>> >>>/Regards Albert >> >>Looks like a dead draw. There is no zugzwang at all, nor can I see any idea for >>either side to make any progress. If this is about White it will just move its >>rook along the d-file blocking the black king from entering the battle. >> >>Peter > > Peter is right. It's of course dead draw. That's no surprise: material is > equal, the pawn structure is almost the same and there are pawns on the > same wing only. > Kurt Chessmaster 9000 and I concur. It's a dead draw. jm
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