Author: blass uri
Date: 11:33:06 04/19/00
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On April 19, 2000 at 13:58:45, blass uri wrote: >On April 19, 2000 at 13:07:23, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>[snip] >>[D]6bn/2k2prq/5prp/5pbn/5p1p/1Kp2PpP/2P3P1/8 w - - 0 1 >> >>There *will* be a mate for _one side or the other_ I predict. >>At any rate (despite the position being illegal) I think it is the most >>interesting mate problem that I have seen in years. >> >>[snip] > >I am sure that there is no win for black. > >programs see a draw when black has a big material advantage and the only logical >reason is that white can force a repetition. > >Uri I can add that it is also easy for humans to see that white can force repetition White only need to prevent the black king that is the only piece that can move to go forward and it is easy to see that white can do it. It is easy to construct a table that gives for every square of the black king a square of the white king and prove that white has at least a draw. Uri
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