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Subject: Re: Can white win?

Author: Alvaro Rodriguez

Date: 15:11:34 08/14/00

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On August 14, 2000 at 17:58:57, Ed Schröder wrote:

>On August 14, 2000 at 17:25:26, Severi Salminen wrote:
>
>>On August 14, 2000 at 17:23:55, Christoph Fieberg wrote:
>>
>>>I invented a new (legal!!) position which is extremly hard to analyse for
>>>computers (Fritz 6 again is lost in space with captures, checks and promotions).
>>
>>[D]r4r1q/RPPPPRPn/6PK/8/8/5N1k/ppbbppnp/2BB2Q1 w - - 0 1
>>
>>
>>>The position is special because it is balanced!!! Or has either White or Black a
>>>forced winning line? Fritz engine Hiarcs 6.0 evaluates = 0.06: 1.Bxd2 Nf6+
>>>2.gxh8Q (5/19).
>>>
>>>And please tell me how you manage to input such nice diagrams of chess
>>>positions?
>>
>>Put the [D] before FEN string.
>>
>>Severi
>
>
>Another strange one only of a different kind...
>
>[d]kb2b3/qrp2p2/prp1pP2/PpPpP3/1P1P4/7K/7P/8 w - - 0 1
>
>Can white win or is it a draw?
>
>After 3 hours and 45 plies Rebel still gives 0.00
>
>I guess it is something for the fast searchers among us?
>
>Ed

Interesting position for sure, my first impression is that white has an
advantage.. White Queens the h-pawn while black can only move Be8-d7-e8-d7
etc...

Look at this variation.. 1. Kg3 Bd7 2. h4 Be8 3. h5 Bd7 4. h6 Be8 5. h7 Bd7 6.
h8=Q Be8..
White has to try to Queen the pawns without taking the bishop..IMO It´s
impossible..

Continuation of my variation... ..7. Qg7 Bd7 8. Qxf7 Be8 9. Qe7 Bg6 10. Qxe6 Bh5
11. Qd7 Bf7 etc....

My conclusion is that it is a draw.. I might have missed something, but I don´t
think so :-)

Regards,
Alvaro




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