Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 15:41:21 09/19/03
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On September 18, 2003 at 19:06:50, GuyHaworth wrote: > >Frank's position last week is really 'on the edge' in terms of winability. >Maximising DTM can throw away the draw for Black, but it does take time. > > >The endgame query service at http://chess.jaet.org/cgi-bin/dtx shows that: > >[D] 8/4k3/8/8/4Kp1p/5N1N/8/8 w > >requires 1. Kxf4 to retain the win, ignoring the 50-move rule. Why is that? Several moves lead to mate faster than Kxf4 does, and some slower or equal, according to Nalimov TBs. Kf5 - 60 Ke5 - 61 Kd5 - 62 Kd4 - 91 Nfg5 - 91 Ne5 - 91 Nd4 - 91 Ne1 - 91 Nfg1 - 91 Nd2 - 92 Nh2 - 92 Kd3 - 93 Nf2 - 93
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