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Subject: Re: _Wandering_ square of the _pawns_ rule

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 21:32:53 06/13/00

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On June 14, 2000 at 00:29:30, Ricardo Gibert wrote:

>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
>
>The following should obviate the situation:
>[D]8/8/8/PPPPP2P/5PP1/6p1/7p/2k4K b - - 0 1
>1...Kd2 2 Kg2 Ke3 3 any h1=Q+ 4 Kxh1 Kf7 5 any g2+ 6 Kh2 g1=Q 7 Kh3 Qg3 mate.
>If 4 Kxg3 Qg1+ 5 Kh4 Kxf4 and mate next move.

That should be 4...Kf2 rather than 4...Kf7. Sorry.



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