Author: Simon Finn
Date: 11:12:52 10/06/00
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On October 06, 2000 at 11:18:37, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 06, 2000 at 11:04:12, Uri Blass wrote: ><snipped> >>I am not sure about it. >>The analysis may be wrong but it does not prove that white cannot win. Good point. >> >>[D]K1k5/8/1p6/8/P2b4/8/8/2R5 b - - >> >>In this position that you posted white can win by 1...Bc5 2.a5 Kc7 3.Ka7 with >>the idea 4.axb6 and not 4.a6. >> >>If white can force this position then white wins. >> >>Uri > >White cannot force this position and the position from fisher's book is >different You're right - I misquoted the analysis. Sorry! >This is the position from fisher's book >[D]5r2/8/8/7p/5B2/6P1/5K2/7k b - - 0 1 > >It seems to me that if black does not fall into the trap h4 Kf3 h3 then it can >play Kh2 and win the game. Kh2 looks like a big improvement on Fischer's h4 - congratulations! > >The position of Fritz-Ham is similiar when the only difference is that the >colors are reversed. So Fritz should win if it finds the idea of playing its King to a8. That's not a very "natural" idea in the endgame which means that its evaluation function probably won't encourage the manouver and the tactics that justify it are rather deep (about 30 ply from the current position?). Will it find it ?!? > >Uri Simon
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