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Subject: Re: endgame position

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 19:59:09 01/03/01

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On January 03, 2001 at 21:43:21, Ricardo Gibert wrote:

>On January 03, 2001 at 21:41:26, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>
>>On January 03, 2001 at 19:51:25, Michael Fuhrmann wrote:
>>
>>>[D] 8/5p2/8/4P1p1/4bk2/8/8/4BK2 b - - 0 63
>>>
>>>This position was reached in a comp-comp blitz game on my computer between
>>>crafty 17.14 and little goliath. I was surprised that crafty (black) did not
>>>play Kxe5, which wins, and instead played g4, which eventually draws.
>>>
>>>Later I let crafty analyse the position, and it doesn't really seem to settle on
>>>Kxe5 until ply 16 or thereabouts (about 2 1/2 minutes on my computer).
>>
>
>1...Kxe5 2.Bd2 [almost] any 3.Kf2 followed by 4.Kg3 is an easy draw. Maybe
>Crafty has it

1.Kxe5 2.Bd2 Kf5 3.Kf2 Kg4 and 4.Kg3 is illegal move.

Uri



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