Author: Howard Exner
Date: 20:58:30 10/29/97
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On October 29, 1997 at 22:37:05, jeff wrote: >This is one of those endgames that call more for chess knowledge than >NPS. After 45. Rxf3, crafty's king cannot protect the connected passed >pawns whereas Eugen's king position (near its pawns) gives it the win. >Every chess program in my possession gives this approx 0.00 dead even. >Chances are that all of them would have fallen into the same trap. >Any opinions? 6k1/3p4/3rp3/8/1P6/1PK2R2/8/8 b - - id=Eugen 7.2 - Crafty; I was looking at this endgame for awhile also. There still might be a draw here for Crafty. Instead of Crafty's R-b6 the try R-c6+ followed by K-g7 is worth a try. White's winning hopes are is in the game, namely marching the b pawn and manoevering the King to the queening position. In this line this is more time consuming and black can advance his own pawns and king via Kg7-g6-g5. Playing black against Rebel 8 Rebel gives itself a big plus when it sees black giving up its rook for the b pawn but the black pawns (now advanced) will draw. Try it and see what you discover.
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