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Subject: Re: _Wandering_ square of the _pawns_ rule

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 21:07:46 06/13/00

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On June 13, 2000 at 23:33:05, Christophe Theron wrote:

>>[D]8/8/8/8/P1k1P3/6p1/7p/7K w - - 0 1
>>
>>Here is another example that I invented when the rule fails.
>>
>>The rule is correct here that white pawns are unstoppable but cannot see that
>>black pawns+king  also cannot be stopped.
>>
>>Uri
>
>
>What happens here? Isn't white winning?
>
>I shoud seriously try to learn how to play chess. :)
>
>
>    Christophe

Kc4-d3-e3-f2 folowed by g2 wins. If white tries to stop this with Kg2, then h1=Q
Kxh1 Kf2 anyways. The white pawns are essentially irrelevant, since they are too
slow.



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