Author: Howard Exner
Date: 12:24:03 01/07/99
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On January 07, 1999 at 00:41:19, blass uri wrote: >>61. Kd6 d4 >>62. Ke7 Ba4 > >chessmaster could play 62...d3 and do a draw after 63.Kf8 d2 64.Ne4 d1=Q 65.Nd6 >Qxd6+ 66.exd6 Ba4 67.Ke7 Kg8 68.d7 Bxd7 69.Kxd7. This line as you say leads to a draw but why should white take this route? Black is in such a terrible state, his bishop being not worth much more than a pawn in this position. Can't white simply play 63. Ne4 in reply to d3, then march his king back to pick up the d pawn. The game would then take a similar course to the actual game as played out by these two programs. The Knight here is totally dominant and should not be so willing to give up its life for a measly pawn. > >white takes the pawn at e6 but it is a draw. >chessmaster needs many hours to find 62...d3 because of wrong evaluation of this >pawn ending. But would lose just the same if Fritz does not play the drawing Kf8. As always in chess I'm never 100% sure of my own analysis so if there is some intricate draw line that I am missing please let me know and I'll humbly retract my claim that black is completely lost. > >Usually KPPP vs KPP wins for the strong side but not in this case. > >Uri
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