Author: Paulo Soares
Date: 02:21:56 09/09/00
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On September 08, 2000 at 10:58:06, Albert Silver wrote: >On September 08, 2000 at 01:05:22, Howard Exner wrote: > >>A nice win by Gelfand. >>[D]3k4/2pP2b1/3p2P1/1K1P1BP1/8/8/8/8 w - - >> >> >> id Gelfand,B - Ye Jiangchuan; bm Kc6; >> >>In the game Gelfand played Kc6 and Ye Jiangchuan resigned. >>The winning technique as explained on Kasparov's site explains >>that white's bishop must go to either a4 or e8, allowing the white king to >>penetrate via the f5 square. Both work nicely, yet it made me wonder if computer >>programs will discover this winning technique. How do programs >>fair here? The theme of first protecting the d7 pawn with the king, then >>with the bishop(on a4 or e8), and finally marching the king around to the >>kingside may prove difficult for programs. > >I don't see a forced win with Be8, but with the bishop on a4, b5 or c6 it is >fairly simple. The biggest difference is that at the appropriate moment one also >has the option of saccing the d-pawn without leaving the bishop hanging on e8. >There is no defense. > > Albert S Your analyses are correct. I read now at KC site that GM Shipov analyzes all games in real time, therefore he made a mistake on Be8. This endgame was fantastic. Paulo
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