Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 15:27:25 04/03/00
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On April 03, 2000 at 12:11:53, KarinsDad wrote: >On April 03, 2000 at 11:58:30, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>There are a large percentage of wins in KNNKP. The pawn must be blockaded >>before it gets too close to the promotion square. The specific distance depends >>on the file it is on. IIRC, this was extremely well-analyzed by a human long >>before a tablebase was generated for it. >> >>Dave > >Ok, so what you are saying is that if the pawn is sufficiently advanced, then >the side with the pawn can force the draw. Otherwise, the side without the pawn >can first blockade the pawn and later put the opposing king in check often >enough so that even though the pawn can push, the king is forced into the corner >and checkmated before the pawn can queen. > >Is this correct? > >KarinsDad :) Basically. Sometimes the pawn is allowed to queen, but not with check, and it's mate in one for the KNN side. However, if the pawn is too far forward to begin with, the side with the knights won't be able to mate because the queen would arrive too quickly after the blockading knight left to assist in the checkmate. Dave
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