Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:48:40 05/07/03
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On May 07, 2003 at 11:34:25, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >On May 07, 2003 at 10:51:54, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >>On May 07, 2003 at 10:31:05, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On May 07, 2003 at 04:40:43, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >>> >>>>King majority wins in this game Pitschak - Foerder played in 1930. >>>> >>>>[D]1R6/p3k1p1/7p/2b1pP2/P1r3P1/B7/7P/7K w - - 0 1 >>>> >>>>1.Rc8! Kd6 2.Rxc5! Rxc5 3.h4!+- 1-0 >>>> >>>>Enrique >>> >>> >>>I'm a bit lost here. What "king majority" are we talking about? I don't >>>see one for white. >> >>f-g-h white pawns against g-h black pawns. White pawns win in this position. How >>long does it take for Crafty to pick Rc8 with a winning evaluation? >> >>Enrique > > >I think he is smart enough to figure out your intention, but has chosen to do >otherwise. No. On the original web browser I used, the h pawn for white was missing. No idea why. Which left two-to-two. Hence my question. No explanation as to why the white h pawn was not present... > >The expression "king side majority" rather than "king majority" is normal. > >Also, literally speaking, Black has an equal number of King side pawns (the >e-g-h pawns vs the f-g-h pawns), so there is a parity in pawn numbers on the >King side rather than a majority. Like yourself, I do not use this >interpretation, but this is perhaps the one RH prefers. Actually not. But if you remove the white h-pawn, you'll understand my question better...
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