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Subject: Re: KK R+4P vs R+3P ending.

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:00:55 11/02/00

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On November 02, 2000 at 21:02:04, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>On November 02, 2000 at 20:27:34, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On November 02, 2000 at 20:08:57, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>>
>>>[D]8/1R3p2/4pkp1/7p/7P/5PP1/r7/6K1 w - - 10 46
>>>
>>>Why doesn't White play 46.f4 here?
>>
>>
>>What is the issue?  IE it appears to be drawn no matter what happens unless
>>white drops material...
>
>3 vs 2 is a dead draw.  4 vs 3 is much harder, and used to be thought to be
>winning.  It is now thought to be drawn, but there is room to make mistakes.
>
>Kasparov played it out and was right to do so.  I saw some analysis that leads
>me to believe that he thinks he missed a win.
>
>bruce


I should have remembered the position, but wasn't thinking.  When I saw KK,
I was thinking King-King.  :)

But in any case, 4 vs 3 on the same side of the board (to me) seems to be no
harder than 3 vs 2, or 2 vs 1, or 1 vs 0.  The king is in the perfect place.




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