Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:21:27 02/02/01
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On February 02, 2001 at 02:20:24, Hermano Ecuadoriano wrote: >On February 02, 2001 at 01:28:59, Jouni Uski wrote: > >>[D]8/6kn/3B3p/5K1B/8/8/8/8 b - - >> >>resign 1-0! Why? Is this really white's win? >> >>Jouni > >Not if the 50 move rule is enforced! >According to Crafty, after a 17 ply search with TBs, it is mate in 68! It depends on where the knight is lost. If it takes over 10 moves or so to win it, then it is winnable. I would suspect that white is going to win the knight, and leave the pawn. Then he can force black to push the pawn to reset the 50 move counter and have no trouble winning without running into the 50 move rule...
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