Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 16:28:08 04/04/00
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On April 04, 2000 at 11:10:34, KarinsDad wrote: >On April 04, 2000 at 10:10:51, William H Rogers wrote: > >>On April 04, 2000 at 00:00:41, KarinsDad wrote: >> >>>It occurs to me that the example that Jeremiah gave us in that thread could >>>still result in a loss for the KNP side of KNNPKNP. For example (and I did not >>>check this with tablebases, I am making an illustration here and hopefully, I >>>set it up correctly): >>> >>>[D]8/n1PK3p/k6N/8/6N1/8/8/8 w - - >>> >>>Now, even though this may result in a mate for white after c8(Q)+, it may take >>>more than 50 moves to do it. However, the idea is that the knight at h6 could >>>blockade the pawn until about move 40 or so, then it could come attack the king, >>>then when the pawn is pushed, it could go back and blockade again for a moment. >>>The 50 move counter would be reset since the pawn was pushed and then the knight >>>could come back to attack the king again. >>> >>>Now, this probably does not work for this particular example. I just put it here >> >>I am not that strong of a chess player, but I think I would move Nf6 then on the >>next turn capture his pawn. >>Bill >> > >Nf6 followed by Nxh7 is a poor combination. It forces a draw when white may have >a win by blockading the pawn instead. KNNK is a draw. KNNKP may be a win for the >two knight side (and in this position, it probably is IF the 50 move rule can be >avoided). Yes, I realize that this may not make sense on the surface (I was >mistaken about it as well in an earlier thread yesterday), but check yesterday's >thread titled "A problem with tablebases" for an explanation. > >KarinsDad :) The 50 move rule never existed, it was later introduced during the time of Morphy or Steinitz. So if such a rule was made up, I cannot see why this rule cannot be overturned in certain conditions. One should not be too strict. Laurence
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