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Subject: Re: K pp versus K r

Author: Kolss

Date: 13:54:48 05/07/00

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On May 07, 2000 at 14:40:09, Mark Longridge wrote:

>Ok, my crafty clone was playing Gandalf and it got down to this:
>
>[D] 8/8/5P1P/6K1/8/8/2k2r2/8 b - - 0 55
>
>Was there any hope? My comp was playing black...
>
>Mark

No. Tablebases say +M40.

Actually, this also is a very interesting and important TB (I forgot to include
it in my recent list), since most programs are not able to recognize statically
that the pawns win against the lonely rook.

Regards, Munjong.



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