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Subject: Re: Interesting position!

Author: blass uri

Date: 05:51:15 05/28/00

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On May 28, 2000 at 08:31:45, Vincent Lejeune wrote:

>On May 27, 2000 at 19:47:12, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>>On May 27, 2000 at 08:47:17, Terje Vagle wrote:
>>
>>>Can your program find ..sf5+!!
>>>
>>
>>[D] 8/8/3nk3/8/p5PB/4K3/P7/8 b - -
>>
>>Someone has said this is wrong.  If it isn't wrong, it is still very hard
>>because white can get to a7 with his K before black gets to the corner.
>
>Your overlook that white have to take the black pawn before pushing his own pawn
>to the 8th rank ;)

I understood that tablebases say that white can do it when the black king cannot
go back to the corner(probably white must use zunzwang to force black pawn to go
forward so the bishop can take it or to force black king to be not close enough
so the king can take the pawn).

Uri



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