Author: Oliver Roese
Date: 09:52:18 01/30/01
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On January 30, 2001 at 12:48:40, Oliver Roese wrote: >On January 30, 2001 at 12:32:45, Mark Longridge wrote: > >>On January 30, 2001 at 12:29:22, Mark Longridge wrote: >> >>>[d] >>>k7/p7/PpK5/1P3B2/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1 >>> >>> >>>My "gut" instinct is white can win, but it seems to give computers >>>a lot of trouble... >> >>[d] k7/p7/PpK5/1P3B2/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1 > >A drawn position. >A viable defense-plan for black works as follows: >-If the black king is on b8 he goes to one of the squares a8,c8 or c7. >If he cant move there, the game is an immediate draw under any circumstances. >-If the king is on a8, c8 or c7 he moves to c7. If he cant move there, the game >is draw immediately. should read: ..he moves to b8. ... > >It is obvious that white cant make progress, if he cant take the pawn a7. >He cant move there, if black stays in his fortress a8,b8,c8,c7. > >Oliver > Oliver
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