Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 11:13:26 02/17/01
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On February 17, 2001 at 00:23:59, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >Dave, > >It looks better for black. Do you have 10-man tablebases? There are ten pieces >on the board. I prefer white's passed c-pawn, and more active king. Black may have some difficulties defending f5 and stopping the advance of the c-pawn at the same time. That being said, it's probably still drawn. --Peter > >If you were playing Kasparov or Shirov or Karpov with either color then I think >that you might lose. > >With best play I would say that this is draw because neither side has >overwhelming positional advantages. Black's pawns are more advanced. I see no >reason why black did the checking move other than there was nothing better. > > >Tim Frohlick > >On February 16, 2001 at 22:59:52, David Wilke wrote: > >>[D]8/6p1/4k3/2R2p2/5Kp1/8/2P3PP/2r5 b >> >>This was a draw, even with all the tablebases. Doesn't white have the better >>chances here? >> >>Black's next move was Rf1.
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