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Subject: Re: Which program finds this one? (correction)

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 09:11:40 12/19/00

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On December 19, 2000 at 09:24:34, Vincent Lejeune wrote:

>On December 19, 2000 at 07:37:49, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>On December 19, 2000 at 06:17:39, Harald Faber wrote:
>>
>>>On December 19, 2000 at 04:59:14, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>>
>>>>Really, how can black win??
>>>>
>>>>Jouni
>>>
>>>1...Rc7+ 2.Kg8 Rc8+ 3.Kg7 Rh8!! 4.Kxh8 Kf7 over and out, black only moves
>>>Kf7-f8-f7 until white has to move the b-pawn.
>>>Sooner or later white has to take the rook, e.g. 2.Kh6 Rc8 3.Kg6/g7 Rh8 again.
>>
>>Why should white capture the rook?
>>
>>Ed
>
>I've analysed the position some minutes ago :
>White is not forced to take the rook right here but after some moves :
>3..Rh8 4. Kg6 Ke7 5. Kg7 Ke8 6. Kg6 Kf8! and white is in zugzwang (forced to
>push his pawns !) and black can repeat this sequence (5. h3 6.Ke7 7. Kg7 Ke8 8.
>Kg6 Kf8!, analyzed with help of CHessTiger 13.0)
>
>The winning line is very long
>
>A more rational question is : what program find a score > 1 for white in this
>position :

score > 1 for black, not for white !

>
>[d] 7r/4k2P/6K1/8/p7/P7/1P5P/8 w - - 0 1
>
>Vincent



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