Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 20:12:27 05/02/00
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On May 02, 2000 at 20:01:52, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: >This ending is not so easy to unravel as one might think at first. >Here are four very similar positions to back up the claim: >[D]k7/6p1/6B1/8/8/8/7P/K7 w >White mates in 26 moves. >With the bishop initially on f7:White mates in 21 moves. >With the bishop initially on e8:White plays and Black draws. >With the bishop initially on h5:White plays and Black draws. >By the way,if the White king were initially on a2,the results >would be _exactly_ the same. JAFM That's easy to solve, the solution is to prevent the Black King from reaching the h8 square by controlling the g8 square at the key moment to force the Black King to leave the f-file and then White can take control of the g7 square. Once that is accomplished White can promote the pawn. Laurence
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