Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 19:36:58 11/02/00
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On November 02, 2000 at 22:00:55, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. It's not true. Some of these endings are drawn with fewer pawns, and much harder to draw with more pawns. bruce
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