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Subject: Re: Why is this a draw?

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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