Author: Howard Exner
Date: 19:11:00 12/02/00
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On December 02, 2000 at 20:04:27, Chessfun wrote: >On December 02, 2000 at 18:49:43, Howard Exner wrote: > >>[D]8/8/7k/8/5rp1/4K3/8/2R5 b - - id Junior 6 AMD K6-2 4 - Century 3 AMD K6-2 ; >> >>This is from game 2. Century 3 played Kg5 and the game was quickly drawn. >>Rf3 looks better but it still may be a draw. Can anyone with endgame bases >>confirm the status of this position? Thanks. > >It's a draw. Right. Looks like white must play Ke2 after black's Rf3+. Then if Kg5 white plays Rf1 ! Interesting what would have happened with colors reversed. For example Century 3 needs 13:50 on an k6-2 500 before it plays as Ke2 (after black's Rf3+). It likes Ke4 until the switch to Ke2. Here's another difficult position for non table base programs(and me too) ... [D]R7/6k1/P7/8/8/8/6K1/r7 b - - bm Ra5; According to analysis by Rauzer and Rabinovich, Ra5 draws. I used to think this was a win for white but stumbled upon this diagram just today when looking for a similar position. At least I was in good company as an old analysis by Tarrasch's claimed a win for white also. Is anyone getting Crafty to run through Chess Partner 5? If so I am going to put on my priority list to download Crafty and get the Nalimov endgame table bases. How big are these bases? Where can I download them?
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